Louise Shaffer's Blog, page 2

With a Little Help from MySpace Friends

Originally posted on Monday, August 27, 2007.

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Okay, there are some other people I want to thank — and this brings me to an area about which I'm a bit dicey—cyberspace. And blogging. I've been given such a boost from both and I don't understand them. Not really.

The thing is, I'm technologically challenged. This is not something that started wh

With A Little Help From My Friends

Originally posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007.

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Okay, sometimes people are so good, so kind, that it's overwhelming. I mean, you can't figure out how to tell them what they've done for you and there's no way to thank them enough. Today, as I'm trying to get out the word about my book, I have several people like that in my life. I owe them so much

The Real Family Acts

Originally posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2007

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Okay, so this is about the real family acts behind the book Family Acts—which is going on sale on August 28 – in case I haven't mentioned that fact, which I have been trying to do every chance I get. See, someone told me part of a successful marketing campaign is repetition, the theory being that in

Girls and Posses and Novelistas

Originally posted on Friday, November 24, 2006 .

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Okay, I'm going to whine again. I was in a car, on the way to the airport. I'd just been a panelist at the Southern Festival of Books in Memphis—which was an absolutely fabulous experience, by the way. I made four terrific new friends, had a great time doing the panel with Robert Dalby who is not only funny and charming, he is one of the nicest

I Believe in Paula

Originally posted on Saturday, October 28, 2006

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Okay, I've been watching the Food Channel a lot lately. It's something I do when I'm trying to loose weight, and no, I don't want to hear about the ways in which some of us self sabotage, thank you. But here's my question –do any of us really trust the recipes that come from those size two girls whose aprons ar

Whining

Originally posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006

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Okay, I've been thinking about whining lately. It's something I do a lot. And I don't find it very attractive. I mean, there aren't any big catastrophes going on in my life—I'm actually rather good in a crisis – it's the good times that seem to bring out the worst in me.

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