I didn't mean to drop my big news and then disappear from this blog for a week. Honestly, I've just been overwhelmed (in a very very very good way) with all of this and haven't been able to think of anything to say (aside from thank you - your kind comments mean so much to me!). So, all of a sudden, my entire life has changed, except it hasn't. When it all boils down, it's still about the work. It's still about crafting the best story I can, staying true to my characters, and putting the time in. I'm putting aside my folk singer project for a few weeks while I take a stab at my editor's … [Read more...]
Guess what!?!
From Publishers Marketplace: February 9, 2009 Fiction: General/Other Allie Larkin's STAY, pitched as in the tradition of Emily Giffin and Claire Cook, the story of a woman whose relationship with a loveable Slovakian German Shepherd helps her recover from heartbreak after the love of her life marries her best friend, to Erika Imranyi at Dutton, in a pre-empt, for publication in 2010, by Rebecca Strauss at McIntosh & Otis. Yeah, that's me. That's my book. And I feel like the luckiest girl in the whole wide world right now, for getting to work with my awesome agent and amazing editor on … [Read more...]
An Ode to My Long-Suffering Writing Group
Maybe some writers sit in solitude and easily, brilliantly turn out incredible, award-winning pages on the first draft without ever getting even the slightest bit of feedback. Maybe pigs fly, but I just don't look up enough to see them. It's not like I'm claiming I know everything there is to know. But I do know that my writing group is a vital part of my writing process. It's easy, when you figure out something in your head, to leave out major, vital bits of information. It's easy to leave out words, write choppy dialogue, or think something's working when it isn't. I meet with my … [Read more...]
Honestly!
One of my favorite bloggers, The Modern Gal, awarded me the Honesty Award, and I am honored. The honorees are to: A) first list 10 honest things about yourself - and make it interesting, even if you have to dig deep! B) pass the award on to 4 bloggers that you feel embody the spirit of the Honest Scrap. So here goes: I get teary when I talk about how amazing my friends are and how much they mean to me. It's hard not to. They are really freaking amazing, and several live way too far away. I had an imaginary friend as a child, but he left me and I was devastated. I worry about … [Read more...]
Interview
3 Carnations sent me interview questions to answer. If you'd like me to interview you, e-mail me (alliesanswers at gmail dot com) and I'll send you some questions. And, if anyone has any more questions for me, leave them in comments. I'm open book.Well, I'm a partially open - you can read most of the pages, but the binding hasn't been cracked - book. 1. Were you always so "green"? Was there a turning point in your life that made you become so eco-friendly? I grew up recycling and composting, so that seems like the norm to me, not the exception. I've always been concerned about the … [Read more...]
I AM THE PACK LEADER!
This morning, I walked 158 (Stella is 10lbs lighter than we thought she was) pounds of dog. By myself. How, you may ask, can 140 pounds of me, walk 158 pounds of them, especially when dogs are twice as strong per pound? Answer: I. AM. THE. PACK. LEADER. That is all. … [Read more...]
Mannequin, McCarthy, Cusack, et al
I'm addicted to the Watch Instantly feature on Netflix.com. It's the only way I can bribe myself into doing dishes, folding laundry, making dinner, etc. I also have a burning love of 80's movies. So, when I found out that I could watch Mannequin on my computer while making dinner on Saturday, I was in heaven. But, after I started watching it, I was horribly disturbed. As a kid, I was in love with Andrew McCarthy. Mannequin, Class, Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire - I watched them all over and over and over again. Andrew McCarthy was almost as good as John Cusack (but who will ever be as good … [Read more...]
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear. . .
I woke up this morning with the absolute worst cramps (sorry if this is TMI). It was so bad that J had to take Stella for her walk because I could only manage to put on my jacket before lying down on Argo's dog bed in the fetal position. When J came back, we sat at the kitchen table with our coffee. J was reading feeds on his computer. "I want a new uterus," I told him. "You should order me one." "Okay," he said, and typed uterusinto the Amazon search bar. "Just books," he said when the results came up. "And there's a CD, Uterus & Human. Crap." He looked at me. "This is really … [Read more...]
Jump to the Jam, Boogie Woogie Jam Slam
In other words, funky, funky, which best describes the mood I was in for the past couple of weeks. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you may be too young to read my blog, and you should probably watch this). God, I miss the 90's sometimes - that little teeny tiny moment in time when it was cool to be an Xer. Because honestly, sometimes, I feel like we're just gasping for air, smooshed between the Boomers and the Y's. But that's probably another rant for another day. Anyway, I was stuck in a really big funk and that's why I wasn't blogging. Noelle wrote about having a new year … [Read more...]
A hair follicle trauma or an insect bite
Argo does not have cancer. The bump was benign and the biopsy report stated that it was a hair follicle trauma or an insect bite. How they aren't able to tell the difference between the two, but still know that it was one or the other and not one of the gazillion other things that could result in a fairly large, tumor-y looking bump is beyond me, but I am not going to waste time splitting hairs over that. It's not cancer, and I am so freaking relieved. It was around this time last year that Argo did have cancer, and we made several trips to the amazing veterinary school/hospital two … [Read more...]
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