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Girlfriends Book Club: The Best Christmas Gift Ever
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Sunday, December 18, 2011. The Best Christmas Gift Ever. Christmas tree hand-picked by Mom. 8221; Only my mother’s idea of “good” was a wee bit different from his. A half hour and two dozen trees later, my mother would nod and say, “This is it! Let the tree-trimming begin! Once the ornaments were up, it was tinsel time! We had our big family dinner on Christmas Eve (still do! The Herald Angels Sing” and sit in silent awe as the star vocalist belted out “Ave Maria” and “Oh, Holy Ni...I’d love to kno...
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Girlfriends Book Club: June 2014
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Monday, June 30, 2014. I Like Weird People. Here I am. Riding a bike. When I pick up a book in the bookstore or the library and look it over, deciding if I want to read it, I hope for an interesting character. In fact, I prefer. A novel filled with eccentric folk, and by that I mean creative, interesting unusual, complex (not simply a a character who has more sex or happens upon more dead bodies than I do). One of the masters of creating this kind of character is the incomparable Elinor Lipman. Wrote abo...
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Girlfriends Book Club: IT'S NOT EASY BEING A FUNNY GIRL
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014. IT'S NOT EASY BEING A FUNNY GIRL. Funny Girl Saralee Rosenberg. Who needs a laugh? Yet women like me who write funny novels are considered the Rodney Dangerfields of publishing. We get no respect. Actually, we’re likened more to the childrens’ photographers at Sears. Everyone loves our work but rare is the reader who considers it art. Why do you think that when J.K. Rowling wrote an adult thriller last year, she resurfaced using the man’s name, Robert Galbraith? It’s no joke.
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Girlfriends Book Club: GUEST GIRLFRIEND: Please Redeem Me by Debra Salonen
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014. GUEST GIRLFRIEND: Please Redeem Me by Debra Salonen. So what happens when you have a character show up in the first book of your 4-part series who is so annoying and unlikeable reviewers call him "a complete and utter PITA"? Yes, I had to look it up, too. P I T A = pain in the arse.as my mother would have said.). Wellnaturally, you make him your next HERO, of course. In Cowgirl Come Home. At the time, Bailey had been impressed. Now, not so much. She'd met more than her share...
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Girlfriends Book Club: Remind Me to Stick to Writing by Jenny Gardiner
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Thursday, August 7, 2014. Remind Me to Stick to Writing by Jenny Gardiner. I have limited internet access right now so don't have time to post something on theme this time around so I'm posting a column from my newspaper column! I'm ashamed to admit the extent of my fine arts education (or at least that which imprinted in the haze of my brain) sprung from dubious sources. For painting, the board game Masterpiece. Creators, Parker Brothers! In the immortal words of boxer Roberto Durán, no mas! When I was ...
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Girlfriends Book Club: What every writer needs to know
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Monday, August 18, 2014. What every writer needs to know. Someone who actually knows what's going to happen next. Yes, one of those. You see, I have a dream. That dream includes writing a novel in sequential order with every little thing perfectly and neatly tied up the first time around. Sorry to say, my bubble or rather my dream has been busted. As they say in north Florida, it ain't gonna happen. Not for me anyway. And believe me I've tried. What's my current process? What do you need to know. Maria G...
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Recipe for a Happy Life | Brenda Janowitz | Macmillan
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Recipe for a Happy Life. There's more than one recipe for a happy life. From Brenda Janowitz, the author of Jack with a Twist. And Scot on the Rocks. Comes a charming, clever, and romantic novel about three generations of women with a culture all their own. Sign up to receive information about new books, author events, and special offers. READ THE FULL EXCERPT. Praise for Recipe for a Happy Life. This book went straight to my heart, with a character whose journey to happiness touched me in all the right ...
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where you wish upon a star: October 2010
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May I never grow too old to treasure 'once upon a time'. Anonymous. Sunday, October 24, 2010. I Heart Hollywood: Chick Lit Goes to the Movies. Ah, Chick Flicks Chick Lit Ficiton = some really good movie watching! Helen Fielding brought Chick Lit to the big screen in 2001 with a cinematized Bridget Jones. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger’s was a huge hit in 2006 with an even bigger cast. In the summer of 2010 Julia Roberts stole the scene in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love. Links to this post.
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