10.30.2017
This is my latest article in Ms. Career Girl about throwing the book I’m writing now off a snowy cliff.
Here’s the intro:
I am writing my next book and I think it sucks.
I get to this point with every single book I’ve ever written.
And you know what?
It currently does suck.
If a giant ostrich swooped down and carried me off to an unknown island in the middle of the ocean where I could never edit this book again, I would call my husband and tell him to light my laptop on fire and fling it over a snowy cliff so no one could ever read it.
(Click on the link for more whining.)
Throwing A Book Off A Snowy Cliff
10.24.2017
When life gets tough, the Martindales bake cakes. They bake a lot of cakes.
If you like cakes, you might like my latest.
Amazon, less than ten bucks.
Have a lovely day.
And have a slice of cake. It is delicious, as you know.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2Q59G8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
10.23.2017
That shining, GLORIOUS moment in a writer’s life when she looks at the book she is writing and says, “This is the WORST F#@)(#*!@# book you have ever written. Quit now. Head to Montana. Buy a cabin in the woods and just disappear.”
Yes.
That’s where I am.
Have a nice day.
10.09.2017
I am starting the third edit of my thirteenth novel today.
I am confused, wild-eyed, and craving cupcakes.
I feel like I’m wandering around lost in a ten foot tall manuscript and all the letters are spinning and the words are saying things they should not say and talking cats are jumping out of the pages and lightning is striking and I’m being chased by a snake throwing books at me…sigh…
It’s going to be a long, long day and a long night.
10.09.2017
Ever wonder what launches a book onto the New York Times best seller list?
These are my thoughts, written for my column on Ms. Career Girl…
That Mysterious New York Times Best Seller List
09.21.2017
Yes, I’m serving cake at Powell’s in Cedar Hills, Beaverton, on Tuesday night the 26th at 7:00.
This could be seen as a bribe. Perhaps it is. But it’s a tasty bribe.
I will be chatting about my new book, No Place I’d Rather Be.
Please, oh please, come and visit.
09.20.2017
This is a picture I drew of myself when I was, I think, about five.
Clearly I was not destined to become an artist. At least I have a smile on my face and have not drawn myself punching my little brother.
When I was a kid I played outside all the time. I day dreamed. My mother could barely get me to brush my hair because I simply didn’t care. I did care about the fort in our backyard, playing hide and seek and wall ball, and reading books.
I was probably forced to draw this picture of myself but, alas, I still have it and I’m glad I do.
Even if I have mitten hands.
09.19.2017
Hello all. I’m hosting the Tall Poppy writer Bloom page this week if you’d like to join.
I’m giving away five of my books to ONE winner TODAY. (Hilarious. I wrote the word ‘winner,’ above, as ‘sinner’ the first time around! As in: I’m giving away five of my books to one SINNER…Maybe I’m amused too easily.)
Bloom is for chatting with other readers and writers. Click on the clink and ask to join.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bloomwithtpw/?ref=br_rs
These are the books I’m giving away to ONE winner today.
09.19.2017
I will be chatting at Powell’s Books, Cedar Hills, in Beaverton, Oregon on Tuesday night, September 26th at 7:00 about my new book, No Place I’d Rather Be.
Would LOVE (truly) to see you there. Since this is a book about cake baking, I am bringing CAKE.
Never fear, I will not bake it myself as everyone knows I will just burn it to pieces.
Please come and say hello.
