The husband: Almost speechless. Very proud, and lot of “I knew you’d do it.” The short kid: “Will it be in French?” ** The tall kid: “So, you finally have a job?” Then, after some thought, “That’s cool mom, because being a published author isn’t something a lot of people get to do, and it’s [...]
I didn't see THAT coming!
by Shannon on January 31, 2005 in Book news
While pondering the discussion about bland blogs on Alison’s blog, I went through my email accounts and found… THE Email. From Ellora’s Cave. The Doubt Monkeys are still standing around scratching their heads, wondering how THAT happened. *g* I guess I’m going to have get my website/blog sh…tuff together, huh? I’m sure more profound thoughts [...]
Sunday morning…err, afternoon
by Shannon on January 30, 2005 in General
Got up this morning at 7:30 with the short kid, went back to sleep on the couch and didn’t get up til 10:30. But why is the day gone? *g* And where’s Kate? I keep getting that stupid Total Search page. Back to TSTL heroines. The reason I’m so annoyed that it’s thrown around so [...]
TSTL
by Shannon on January 28, 2005 in Writing--craft
TSTL Of all the acronyms I’ve seen around–POV, GMC, BM, MOC–TSTL is probably the one that bugs me the most. I see it a lot, and my idea of TSTL is apparently different from others’. TSTL is when you hear a news report that Norman Bates has been spotted in your neighborhood and you jump [...]
TGIF
by Shannon on January 28, 2005 in General
I guess. One thing about being a stay-at-home mom is that the day of the week doesn’t really matter, except that there are more or fewer other people in the house, depending on the day. My first column is up at Romancing The Blog! I wish I hadn’t had to cut 200 words out of [...]








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