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PREGNANT IN LA
March 17, 2012 09:03 -
MY TRIP TO LA
March 17, 2012 07:03 -
THE HENRY SOFA
March 10, 2012 18:03 -
THIS POST SUCKS
January 16, 2012 08:01 -
KNOCKED UP AROUND PALM TREES
October 25, 2011 14:10
Archive for the ‘The Book’ Category
FINISHING THE BOOK
“I just want to burn it,” I said to my boyfriend in bed last night. “I just want it all to go away.” “I know,” he comforted, “But maybe it will go away if you write it.” I tried to explain to him: “I’ve been writing this book for ten years. Why am I doing [...]
ONE LAST SHOT: WRITING A BOOK
I don’t care if I get fat. I don’t give a shit if I don’t leave my office for months, I need to finish this book. “The Book” is my achilles heel. It’s my weighted backpack. It’s something I began ten years ago. I need to finish it even if it kills me. I can’t [...]
“AMUSEMENT PARKS” – AN EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK
My father was big on Amusement parks. Every year we’d visit Canobie Lake Park in New Hampshire and the Big “E” (Exposition) in Springfield, Mass. We visited Disney numerous amount of times. Dad liked fun and I loved the rides. He was a big kid at heart. “What do you want to do first?” Dad [...]
CHRISTMAS IN MIAMI: SANTA’S VILLAGE, DAD AND SPANKINGS!
This story is from a book I started writing about 7 years ago. Santa’s Village: When I was ten years old, I saw an ad on TV for “SANTA’S VILLAGE.” We were in Florida visiting my Nana and Papa for Christmas like usual, and the Miami news was doing a special on holiday entertainment. Tonight [...]
A LITTLE KNOWN FACT: I’M WRITING A BOOK
I started thinking tonight about the suggestion to, “Write about your childhood,” by a reader of this blog. It struck me as poignant. I am almost embarrassed to tell you how long I have been “writing about my childhood.” When I was 24, I started writing a book of childhood memories. I first titled it, [...]