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More Tales from the Accidental Asshole: The Egg Lady

I don't usually go to Halloween parties. I don't like to dress up in a costume, and this is the part where you get to snark, "Is that because you're usually wearing some kind of crazy outfit anyway?" to which I will say, "Yes."

But I'm not a hater, and I don't think it's stupid or childish, and I like other grown-ass people having fun on Halloween. All the sexy turtles and literal interpretations of catchphrases. It's like watching Facebook memes come to life. It's delightful.

But that's once ...

You Take It From Here: Book Cover

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Hey, Pamie: “How Do I Get a Literary Agent?” and more letters of writer frustration.

We’re on Day Gross of me sitting in my pajamas as I plow through this to-do list of work. Most of the projects I have sitting in front of me I’m not allowed to talk about yet.

Whenever I say something like that I feel like I’m working on exposing some shady corporation or I’m waiting to announce that I’m having Justin Timberlake’s baby (I promise to tell you AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENS). The truth is more about how long it takes to make things like contracts and working for big companies who make...

Hey, Pamie: "How Do I Get a Literary Agent?" and more letters of writer frustration.

We're on Day Gross of me sitting in my pajamas as I plow through this to-do list of work. Most of the projects I have sitting in front of me I'm not allowed to talk about yet.

Whenever I say something like that I feel like I'm working on exposing some shady corporation or I'm waiting to announce that I'm having Justin Timberlake's baby (I promise to tell you AS SOON AS THIS HAPPENS). The truth is more about how long it takes to make things like contracts and working for big companies who...

Hey, Pamie: "What if I don't have anything to write about?"

My apologies to the small backlog of Weekly Procrastinations. If you wrote to me recently, I fully intend to get to your letter, but this one has been bothering me since it arrived last week, because I think the answer I'm going to have to give is one I didn't anticipate having to say to anybody here.

Hey Pamie,

This may be a rather dumb and pretty vague question, but it's something that's been troubling me for a while.

My problem isn't getting words out, per se, it's ideas. I know you talked...

Pre-order Info for You Take It From Here

Did you know you can now pre-order my new novel? Did you know that pre-ordering is helpful to me? It means things to people like my publishers, who make all the big decisions on what happens to this book and any future books.

So if you like things I write (as much as I like you (I really like you, you know that, right?)), then please think about buying yourself your first summertime present. YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE comes out July 3rd, and I'll share the cover with you as soon as I can, but...

Hey, Pamie: "How do you know what you want to write about?"

Happy New Year, everybody. I'm guessing you were feeling really proud of yourself yesterday because you didn't break your resolution to be more productive/write every day/outline that screenplay/etc.

And now here it is, Jan Two and you're already trolling blogs for inspiration. I get it. I do it, too. I am taking a break from the things I'm working on to do a quick Weekly Procrastination because while I'm sitting here working, I'm also thinking of you. I mean that in the most literal...

Resolution 2012: Stop Saying "Sort Of."

I don't usually make resolutions for the New Year, maybe because it's too easy to put off any big decision until December 31st. If I need to do something, I try to put it on my weekly to-do list so that it gets done. I also don't usually tell you guys my plans to like, finally organize the bookshelf in the spare room or watch Felicity since it's come up about sixteen times in the past month. These are things I can't imagine you care to know.

However. I've found something I'd like to be...

Hey, Pamie: "Is it okay that I'm a blogger?"

I haven't been procrastinating on the weekly procrastination series. I've been busy. You see, a holiday tradition in Hollywood is that producers and studios and networks and publishers finish their to-do lists so that they can go off on their vacations and trips to the parents and Hawaiian safaris and nightly festivities. This means all of my hurry-up-and-wait comes to a screeching halt, as it's time to Hear Notes and Write.

I debated showing a picture here of the stack of work beside me...

Going to Peru: There Will Be Pan Flutes

That's the first thing you need to know. In Peru, you will hear pan flutes. In restaurants, on buses, on shuttles, on boats, on the street, welcoming you at the airport, behind you in the bathroom– there will be pan flutes. So many pan flutes. You will start to learn the songs. Every once in a while you will recognize a Beatles tune. It won't make you feel any better.

There might be altitude sickness. We started our trip in Puno, which is apparently inches from the sun in terms of altitude...