Jane Roper's Blog, page 9

What to do with old photos….

For years, I've been keeping hundreds of old snapshots in storage. Enough is enough.

The Good News Edition

My new novel, The Society of Shame, will be published by Anchor Books in 2023. Wahooo!

That time when my daughter had cancer

I’m laughing as I start this post, because I picked up a bunch of new subscribers (woohoo! welcome!) in response to my last post, which was about death / mortality, and an essay I wrote for Cognoscenti about the strangeness of losing my dad just before the pandemic. And now I’m writing a post about […]

I’m going to die.

I’m sorry, I know, that’s the clickbaitiest title EVER. But you have to admit: It’s true. Ever since my father died, less than a year and a half ago, I find myself thinking a lot more about aging and death and the impermanence of, well, everything. I’m more acutely aware of how tenuously tethered to […]

I am overcome by ordinary contentment

As those who have been reading my writing (including Double Time) for a while know, I’ve got a fun condition called bipolar II—though you probably wouldn’t notice, since I’m able to keep it at bay with medication. Bipolar II doesn’t come with mania, but with mini-highs called hypomania, which may or may not be perceptible […]

I have a Tupperware problem

It keeps spawning. It jams up the drawer it lives in and pushes me to the limits of sanity as I try to nest and re-nest it each time I put another piece away. And another. And another. The larger pieces, which don’t fit in the drawer but are too potentially useful to throw away, […]

Must you see my face?

I get it. Really, I do. Thousands of you have been unwillingly relegated to work-from-home status as a result of the pandemic. The co-workers you used to see every day have been replaced by houseplants / cats / dogs / children / partners / the occasional plumber. You miss the things you took for granted […]

Welcome

Hi. I’m Jane. I’m  the author of a memoir, Double Time: How I Survived–and Mostly Thrived–Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins, (St. Martin’s, 2012) and a novel,  Eden Lake. (Last Light Studio, 2011).  write here from time to time about perimenopause, parenting, marriage,  writing, failure, and whatever else pops into my small head. I’m an […]

Hi, I’m Jane.

I’m the author of a memoir, Double Time: How I Survived–and Mostly Thrived–Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins, and a novel called Eden Lake. I write here from time to time about perimenopause, parenting, marriage,  writing, failure, and whatever else pops into my small head. I’m an on-air host and producer for The Zeitgiest […]

Hi there!

My name is Jane Roper. I’m the author of a memoir, Double Time: How I Survived–and Mostly Thrived–Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins, and a novel called Eden Lake. I write here from time to time about perimenopause, parenting, marriage,  writing, failure, and whatever else pops into my small head. I’m also  freelance advertising […]