Must. Have. Coffee.

What was more motivating? The opening session speaker or the free coffee.
Pour me into a green and white cup and call me done. I’m so caffeinated, I plan to attend the annual general meeting.
Or will, assuming I can fight my way into a restroom first.
More later.

Blogging live from San Francisco

We are here and we’re having fun. Well, I can only assume the kids still are, over at my sister’s. Ditto for hoping my sister still has her sanity. I told the kids, oh about a thousand tines, how they HAD to be good.
Andrew did not understand with Louis Sachar or Jerry Spinelli were not [...]

Take a YA vacation

Not going anywhere this summer? Need a good summer read? Have I got the books for you:
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes
Here’s the deal: Aunt Peg, the New York artist and the person Ginny Blackstone depended on to make her life interesting, took off to Europe without a word three years ago. Aside from a few postcards, [...]

And then we took a nap

We’re done–done, I tell you–with the edit. I sent the manuscript to our editor (!!!) this morning, which means no editing this weekend. It might mean I’ll have a few spare words for the blog. Seriously, I didn’t want to accidentally use some words here that we might need in the manuscript. I was in word [...]

Shocking, but true

Darcy outed me (in the comments for yesterday’s post). It is my birthday today. This morning, when I was dropping the kids off at their summer program, Andrew–concerned about my advanced age–offered to buy me a Vitamin Water–with his own money. I told him it wasn’t necessary, that I had a vitamin for breakfast, along [...]

Where I’m at

Location: Editville
Population: 2
Weather: Breezy with possible chance of typos
General outlook: Light at the end of the tunnel ~ we’ve heard rumors that this exists.

Say what?

I have great affection for puns, misheard lyrics, and unintentionally funny typos. Once, when I was working on an installation guide, I meant to write: It does not. What I wrote was:
It’s doe snot.
Yeah. It keeps you humble. Below is a video courtesy of SBTB.

I’ve always like the Joe Cocker version [...]

Of edits and things

So, some of you were wondering where I was that strangers hand me Godiva chocolates. It was lunch hour. I’d just mailed something at the post office, stopped at the ATM, and I was cutting through Macy’s. Because that’s easier than walking around Macy’s. Plus, when you walk through Macy’s, strangers hand you Godiva chocolate.
Then I went [...]

Questions with easy answers, part 2

Salesperson: “Would you like to try a raspberry caramel Godiva chocolate?
Seriously. She had to ask? I contemplated ducking into a restroom, doing a presto-quick change of my look, and doubling back for seconds.