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July 3, 2009
Join Jane Green on Monday for a live online chat with Penguin USA!
The Penguin Group would like to invite you to join bestselling author Jane Green for a chat about her newest novel, Dune Road , on Monday, July 6 th at 2 PM EST.
You can join the chat by visiting The Water Cooler at the scheduled time.
Dune Road is the story of life in an exclusive beach town after the tourists have left for the summer and the eccentric (and moneyed) community sticks around—from the bestselling author of The Beach House. Warm, witty and gloriously observed, Dune Road is Jane Green a
July 2, 2009
Mobile Mommy - more questions I like…
Mobile Mommy
How much time do you spend writing each week? It depends whether it's a writing week or not. If I'm on my fortnight hiatus, then it's just blogging, which I aim to do every day, but of late, with the book tour, it has been a few times a week. If I'm on a writing fortnight, it's three to four hours a day.
Do you need complete peace to work and do you have trouble getting that with your large family? Ha! Trouble? It's practically impossible to have peace in the house, with sibling fig
Travels of the Bookworm
I am sitting in the offices of Penguin Canada, furiously answering bloggers questions, before shooting off to Dove Spa here in Toronto for a 4pm event.
I particularly like these questions from Travels of the Bookworm, and because I have been on a crazy book tour and have been utterly remiss in providing you with updates (they'll come when it's done, promise), I thought I'd print them here:
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being at home, on a beautiful summer's night, surrounded by family anJune 17, 2009
Self-diagnosis
One of my children, the youngest twin, has, we recently realised, fallen prey to the dreaded family disease.
I had hoped he would be free of it. I inherited it from my mother, who has suffered, not very silently, for many years, but I had hoped that I wouldn’t pass it on to my children, that they would lead happy, pain-free lives.
But no. It seems that was too much to ask.
Twin B has Hypochondria.
And not just any old case of Hypochondria, his is chronic.
I feel for him, really I do, for I have lived
June 16, 2009
Happy Publication Day, Dune Road…
Dune Road out today, and another fun-packed day. Taking Eldest Daughter to buy glasses this morning, then off to twins scavenger hunt at beach. Cooking more vegan chili for my unwell friend, painting deck if rain holds off, attempting to find time to wash my hair in preparation for tonight’s reading at Westport’s Barnes & Noble.
Oh, and I may scribble down some notes on the new book.
More thoughts on love, from me, on www.wowowow.com.
June 15, 2009
A day in the life, the day before publication…
Today woke up to news Mini-me was sick, and her father was dropping her home. Panic, as phones were off and I had been upstairs, and hadn’t heard anything. No sign of Mini-me, who had instead been dropped off at friends. Jumped in car, ran to friends, collected Mini-me.
Came home, did online interview for Writer’s Forum. Checked messages.
Noted that all paint on deck is peeling, and we are holding small gathering to celebrate book launch on weekend. Normally would ignore peeling paint, but film cr
June 11, 2009
Animal Farm
I haven’t discussed the animals for a while, so I thought I’d fill you in.
Three weeks ago Barney, our big grey and white cat, went missing. Barney was three and a half years old, and the star of our family. A great big handsome male, he would walk down to the bus stop with us in the morning and roll around at our feet waiting for his tummy to be rubbed. He was very much an outdoor cat - would cry at the door begging to be let out, and although I know there are dangers everywhere, it seemed more
Humble pie
Sometimes, when I’m in a Very Bad Mood, I rant for a bit on places I shouldn’t be ranting. Namely, ahem… my blog, facebook, and twitter.
This is the downside of being technologically connected. In the old days, if I was in a bad mood, I could just shut myself away for a bit, have a hot bath, read a good book and wait for it to pass. Now I feel the need to vent, and it’s only when the bad mood passes and I go back and read what I have recently posted, that I realise I should have just thrown the c
June 8, 2009
New date added in Cape Cod with Jennifer Weiner
If you’re going to be in Massachusetts this Summer, come along and see us in West Dennis…
I love doing events on my own, but sometimes it’s enormous fun doing events with other authors, particularly when they’re funny. Last week I did an event with Wendy Walker and Jill Kargman, and Jill Kargman is wonderful - bright, quick, and beyond funny. If you ever have a chance to go and hear her, I urge you to do so. She taught me the ‘Joan Rivers clap’, which is holding your arms str
June 5, 2009
Botox Blues
One of my good friends came over the other day, and we went outside to sit in the sunshine with a glass of wine.
‘Tell me something,’ she said suddenly, leaning forward and looking at me intensely. ‘Am I over-Botoxed?’
I looked at her forehead, and it was true, it did look suspiciously shiny, and ever so slightly convex, the tell-tale sign.
‘If you hadn’t pointed it out,’ I said, ‘I would never have noticed,’ which was true, for my friend is spectacularly, beautiful, modelesque in fact, and you are
