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April 20, 2011
MEET JEN KNOX
Greetings, Cool Peeps:
This week, I'm jazzed to introduce author Jen Knox. This super fab credit to the female species earned her MFA from Bennington's Writing Seminars. She works as a creative writing professor at San Antonio College, and has served as Fiction Editor and Workshop Coordinator at Our Stories Literary Journal. Jen is the author of Musical Chairs, a thought-provoking, courageous, and gritty memoir. Jen is also the author of To Begin Again. Join me as I grill Jen for all of the...
April 17, 2011
WHITE LIES AND HONESTY: Where and when?
I like to tell it like it is. Of course, my truth might not be the next person's truth, but I try to be true to myself and to humanity in general. Okay, you say. What is she freakin' talking about?
Sorry, not trying to go philosophical on you. I'm just having one of those crazy overanalytical days. Today, I'm thinking about honesty. Is it a sin to tell a lie? Aren't "white lies" a good thing in most cases?
Let me start with some simple stuff. Recently, I was on a...
April 12, 2011
MEET MOLLY CAMPBELL
Greetings, Cool Peeps:
Please join me this week in welcoming the witty, delightful, and charming Molly Campbell, blogger and funny lady extraordinaire. Molly, a friend to funny bones everywhere, has just launched an exciting new venture. I, for one, am eager to hear all about it.
Welcome, other awesome Molly. The big news in cyberspace is that you have an exciting new website called
April 10, 2011
CRAZY SIGNS OF LIFE
Most people don't wake up thinking to themselves, "Today I'm going to think about signs." Unless you're a sign maker, an astrologer, or a person getting ready to test for your driver's license, it's doubtful you'd have that thought.
Signs are a huge part of our everyday lives, both the tangible and the intangible ones. Those of us looking for love don't like to acknowledge the signs that our potential soul mate is not really into us, such as: forgetting our name...
April 5, 2011
MEET TIFFANY KING
Hello, Cool Peeps:
As many of you know, I blog every Monday about my picky, crazy life. Being a reporter for my town's newspaper, the Swansea Herald, it occurred to me that I should put my reporter hat on and interview some of the rad peeps out there. So, in addition to my Monday blog, I'll be interviewing someone new every Wednesday. I can barely keep up with myself.
My first guest is the lovely Tiffany King, a wife, mother, and student who is a first-time author. Tiffany has just released...
April 3, 2011
THE SKINNY ON EATING
So, tell me, do you think about food a lot? What to eat, what not to eat, what you want to eat, when you're going to eat, what other people are eating?
Last night, I was out with friends at a local restaurant. As has happened on previous occasions, it was time to order dessert and I declined.
"Oh, Molly," shewhoshallnotbenamed said. "You are so slender. What do you have to worry about?"
"Well, if I ate this carrot cake, I'd have 1575 calories and 84 grams of fat to worry...
March 27, 2011
THE THING ABOUT CATS
Meet my boy, Captain Jack. Isn't he beautiful? No, he's not an aspiring flutist. Though he may appear to be in Pied Piper mode, perhaps attracting some rats to play with, he's really just a boy with a stick. He's solely an indoor cat, but this was his one outdoor adventure, taken about a year ago when we were visiting a friend's estate.
Jack is fiercely loyal to me. He is very circumspect about the men in my life and will often hiss his displeasure to anyone who rubs him ...
March 20, 2011
MAKING LEMONADE OUTTA LEMONS
Thanks for visiting me this week.
I'm the first to admit that I can turn things and people inside out trying to understand them. That's not only the reporter in me, but also the student of human nature. I'm working toward my doctorate in understanding my fellow human beings, especially men, but so far, I don't even have my bachelor's. Yup, I think a whole lot about bachelors, especially eligible ones.
While I'm guilty of being overanalytical, and, yes, picky, to me, that...
March 14, 2011
Molly Hacker Makes Her First Video
Just wanted to let you know that Molly Hacker, the main character from my upcoming novel, MOLLY HACKER IS TOO PICKY! has just released her first video:
Molly introduces herself and talks about her new blog. Hope you'll get to know her. You can find Molly's video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEn2n7...
Have a great week! :-)
Lisette
THOSE BRAVE WOMEN OF YORE
This week I'm going to say a few words about those brave women of yore.
My grandmother used to tell me that life was a lot simpler in her day and in days of yore.
"How so?" I would challenge her.
"Molly, women didn't have the worries of the world on their shoulders. They didn't have to work. They led a simpler and more refined life that centered around raising their children and enjoying all that went with being a lady."
"But Grams, isn't maintaining a house and taking...
