Well, I did it. I wrote a book in nine weeks. I knocked out a 250-page, 65,000 word book in 60-odd days. Sent off to editor-land yesterday. (Actually, apparently I got a little carried away, because I accidentally wrote 75,000 words. Dammit. Would this not have been a fine opportunity to taste the strange fruit…
Checker: You girls are so cute! Chicken Noodle and Chicken Little (preening): Thanks! Checker: Do you have any other brothers or sisters? CN: We had a brother. CL: But he died. CN: Yeah, he’s dead. CL: Really, really dead. CN: Super dead. Checker: Oh. (begins to shove grocery items very quickly into bags, avoiding eye…
When I was young, Halloween was my very favorite holiday. No big surprise for a kid who was always yearning to be anyone but herself. Even if it was a fantasy, this was my one chance a year to be wilder, freer, happier, better. The last few weeks have been pretty darned real, as was…
Chicken Little, three-going-on-four, has learned a new word. She’s been working hard to insert it in as many sentences as possible. I need to go to bed right now, dammit. Where is my ducky blanket, dammit? Dammit, I hate oatmeal. Dammit, I want to catch a butterfly! Meanwhile, Chicken Noodle, five-going-on-six, is writing her own…
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For all the thematic tension I managed to milk from my looming 40th birthday in the course of this blog, as it actually loomed large, I barely mentioned it. (Can anyone say denial?) Well, anyway, it was yesterday. Tra la la! As for how it feels and all of that, I will only say, you…
Me: Today, we listen to 80s music. Chicken Little: What is that? Chicken Noodle: I don’t know.
After school, one day this week: Chicken Noodle: Mom, you be me and I’ll be you. Me: Okay. Chicken Noodle: What did you do today, sweetie? Me: I went to Kindergarten. It was so cool! I love it I love it I love it! CN: Oh, that’s drjeffsklar.com nice, honey. Me: What did you do…
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