. . . to say that Liz is still alive and functioning, and busy planning to move and having a sleep study and doing kajukenbo and sending draft of new novel to editor and starting new writing idea and drinking coffee and watching reality tv and The Wire and working and riding scooter in cold (for Seattle) temperatures and even knitting. But not so ( Read more... )

Starting Feb 1, I will be sleeping here:


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So difficult to pick favorites, especially books. But here are the ones I liked best this year, based on how swept up I felt by each one. Not necessarily released in 2008, but consumed by me in 2008.

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Wow, my lowest-volume book month of 2008! Ugh. Here's hoping I can do at least one per week in 2009 (not a resolution! just an idea.).

BOOK(S)


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These thanks brought to you by today's post at Through the Tollbooth, where I blog about the craft of writing with a group of other Vermont College MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults grads. I'm re-posting here because it's a New Year's post and I don't have time right now to do my year-end entertainment faves (but those are on the way!), ( Read more... )

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Pretty much my favorite scene from anything, ever.

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Favorite Christmas song of "modern" times.

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Dad's favorite, which was played repeatedly (on record!) on every Christmas morning I remember, until the one where I tried to get him to play NKOTB. He didn't let that happen, if I remember correctly. But he did go to the mall to get me the NKOTB ( Read more... )

Go, Seattle!

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Still snowy. My office is closed, which leaves me feeling in a weird nowheresville. Glad for time to write and read and relax, weirded out by not quite knowing what day this is supposed to be.


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