this woman’s work

This happens more often than I care to admit. We have a french press because my husband likes to have these little morning rituals like grinding his coffee beans and boiling the water and plunging the plunger and sitting down to one perfect cup of coffee. Me, I just want caffeine so some mornings — [...]

The contract is signed, waiting to be mailed tomorrow. Once it is signed, sealed and delivered back to me, I will be officially represented by the Doris S. Michaels Literary Agency! (But they said it was kosher to blog it now.)
Short story: Director of Development finds my blog and likes it. Sees I’m looking for [...]

I’m not going to write about this happy event here — not yet but soon. If you follow me on twitter or friend me on facebook, you already know about this happy event or have means to find out. (I will say that it’s career not family related.)
But what is wrong with me that the [...]

Tracy’s auction chronicles post today reminded me of something — Evel Knievel owed his career to my dad. Ok, that’s an exaggeration because after all Evel had the idea, he had the jumps, he had the bones to be broken but he was working for my dad when he first got started; Evel was selling [...]

I’m headed out to the Dames Bond end-of-the-year celebration tonight. I love Mary B and I always love the Dames Bond meetings. She’s done such a terrific job of infusing the group with her warmth and generosity! I’ve made some great professional and personal connections there (including Katawi; MotoMedics; Cindy Dunigan, whose new site will [...]