Monthly Archives: December 2009
Why I’m a hopeless romantic, vol. 1: Craigslist’s ‘Missed Connections’
I’m a hopeless romantic. This has gotten me into trouble many, many times when, despite the fact that I tell myself to relax, be calm and just enjoy the moment, I inadvertantly find myself adding my first name to the last … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Nanny Returns’ by McLaughlin and Kraus
Nan Hutchinson wanted to make it right. Really, she did. It wasn’t her fault that nannying for the Xes, a prominent family in New York City’s elite, had almost cost her her sanity. It’s been more than ten years since … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Over The Holidays’ by Sandra Harper
Oh, the holidays — mountains of presents to buy and food to prepare; invitations to be extended and cards to write. With the endless blur of activity and tasks to finish before finally settling down to enjoy Christmas Day, who has … Continue reading
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
Since writers write, I’ll be writing
So after a very long dry spell in which I spent the majority of my time editing, reading and reviewing other people’s books, I’ve recently returned to a novel I started over the summer. I wrote about 17,000 words — roughly … Continue reading
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Yours truly on That’s How I Blog!
Well, friends, next Tuesday, Dec. 15 will mark a very special day in the life of Meg — I will be appearing on That’s How I Blog!, the radio brainchild of the lovely Nicole of Linus’s Blanket. Topics of conversation will … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Walking Backward’ by Catherine Austen
Grief is a tricky, tricky thing — particularly when you have no guidelines to help you through it. Such is the case for 12-year-old Josh, a young man whose mother has just died in a car accident. Alone for the … Continue reading
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