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January 26, 2014
Yoda book club: Where the Red Fern Grows
I’m in New York City right now. Meetings with my fabulous agent and my amazing publisher are all done. My friend Joy joined me on Friday to finish off the week with a girl’s weekend. So Joy and I are sitting in a bar called Upstairs at the Kimberly Hotel, enjoying some drinks and the […]
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January 25, 2014
Yoda book club: Where the Red Fern Grows
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I’m in New York City right now. Meetings with my fabulous agent and my amazing publisher are all done. My friend Joy joined me on Friday to finish off the week with a girl’s weekend. So Joy and I are sitting in a bar called Upstairs at the Kimberly Hotel, enjoying some drinks and the gorgeous view. And talking about books we loved as kids, the ones we ordered from the Weekly Readerand read over and over again.
Joy and I decided to read one of our favorites again together, Where the Red F...
January 22, 2014
I, too, have wanted more than a friendship.
From whatwewriteinbooks.tumblr.com… I, too, have wanted more than a friendship. always, Lisa This photo is from the Inscription Project.I love thinking about what Lisa might have meant. Did she want more than friendship from the receiver of this book? Did he/she return Lisa’s affections? And how did this end up out of their hands? So […]
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January 10, 2014
I’ll Tumblr for ya
Tumblris a bit of acuriosity. I’m still learning about it myself. Like any social platform, it’s not for everyone. But I like it for a number of reasons: It’s a very lightweight blogging platform, so if for anyone who is new to blogging or doesn’t feel comfortable with WordPress or other platforms, it may work […]
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I’ll Tumblr for ya
by wss
Tumblris a bit of acuriosity. I’m still learning about it myself. Like any social platform, it’s not for everyone. But I like it for a number of reasons:It’s a very lightweight blogging platform, so if for anyone who is new to blogging or doesn’t feel comfortable with WordPress or other platforms, it may work for you.
It’s focused on images and videos which draw people to an online conversation like nothing else. It’s super easy to post from Instagram to Tumblr.
People can view your Tumbl...
October 30, 2013
My first NaNoWriMo
My first NaNoWriMo was in 2003. My second was in 2004. The first draft from that NaNoWriMo became THE MOMENT OF EVERYTHING. So I have deep affection for National Novel Writing Month. Go to any coffee house in any part of the world during the month of November and you’re likely to find groups […]
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October 29, 2013
My first NaNoWriMo
by wss
My first NaNoWriMo was in 2003. My second was in 2004. The first draft from that NaNoWriMo became THE MOMENT OF EVERYTHING.
So I have deep affection for National Novel Writing Month.
Go to any coffee house in any part of the world during the month of November and you’re likely to find groups of people hovering over laptops, comparing word counts, and hooking up intravenous tubes to the espresso machine. They’re probably participants in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and their m...
October 26, 2013
The story
by wssTHE MOMENT OF EVERYTHING is about Maggie, a laid off high-tech worker, who finds copies of love notes written in the margins of a copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover in a used bookstore. Maggie becomes obsessed with the notes and with saving the fledgling bookstore. Her quest changes everything for her and those around her.
October 23, 2013
The setting
by wssTHE MOMENT OF EVERYTHING takes place in Mountain View, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley, where I moved in 1994 and lived for 15 years. It’s still my favorite part of Silicon Valley. The people in Silicon Valley are driven and passionate. They have a deep longing for something: for discovery, for invention, and for love.
October 21, 2013
About me
by wss
I grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and attended the University of Tennessee. I started a career in software that led me to Silicon Valley. I now live in the Santa Cruz mountains with my husband, John, and our dogs (Tyson and Reba) and cat (Scout). I still work in high tech. THE MOMENT OF EVERYTHING is my first novel.
