Penny Watson's Blog, page 25
July 8, 2013
The Best Laid Plans
Canyon Road, Santa FeI'm back! Actually, I'm back early from Santa Fe. Our trip did not go according to plan (haaaaaaa!!!! surprise surprise). Here is a quick run-down of our aborted vacation week.
Travel Day #1: Wake up at 5 am to get to Boston airport. Should arrive in Santa Fe by noon-ish so we have time to hang out and enjoy our first day of vacation. Get to Denver, CO and sprint through the airport to make our connection. Notice that our flight to Santa Fe is nowhere on the departures boa...
June 24, 2013
Falling Off The Face Of The Earth
I can't believe I'll be in Santa Fe in one week! Ack! The kids are still not done with school. Isn't that ridiculous? Thanks to snow days tacked onto the end-of-the-year schedule, we are still going until Wednesday. It makes me sad. We really only have two months of summer vacation!
And I plan to make the most of it.
We are starting with a trip to Santa Fe, then visits to Newport and Vermont. Natty is doing her first sleep-away camp to the mountains of western Mass this summer. And Cristian is...
June 22, 2013
Happy Weekend!
Natty's best bud is having a birthday party today, and I got to play with flowers. I made her two table arrangements, using flowers from the store and lots from my garden. Fun!
I am in the midst of having a Canadian Mountie reading extravaganza. I'm plowing through the whole Canadian Mounties series by Kate Bridges, and I just finished #4, The Proposition, which I LOVED! These stories are packed with sweet moments, sexy times, and a lot of romance. Yippee!
Hope everyone is having a swell weeken...
June 16, 2013
Happy Father's Day
Happy Father's Day!
This is one of my favorite photos of Carl and Natalie. Carl is fully decked out with his fly-fishing gear. And Natty is right there with him, wearing a sequiny skirt from Justice For All.
Typical!
Hope everyone has a great day.
Love,
Penelope
June 13, 2013
Coming Soon: "Adult-Like" Trends In Fiction
First we had...
YA = Young Adult
Now we have...
NA = New Adult
Coming Soon!
These just keep getting younger and younger and younger----
PTA = Pre-Tweenie Adult (8-12)
DLAA = Dresses Like An Adult (elementary school age)
ALAA = Acts Like An Adult (toddlers)
BFA = Baby-Faced Adult (newborn)
SCPA = Single Cell Pre-Adult (aka, embryonic stage)
and finally...
PTMAA = Potential To Make An Adult (sperm/egg)
And, in the other direction----
PMLCA = Pre-Midlife Crisis Adult (30s)
EGDA = Everyone's Getting Divorced Ad...
June 10, 2013
Swedish Meatballs For The Win!
Some mini reviews...Ready! Set! Go!
1. Temporary Position by Scarlett Parish
This was my first read by Scarlett (aptly named for Scarlett O'Hara). We met on Twitter, and now she sends me emails with headings like "you festering cock-knocker"(what does that even mean?). This quickie was well-written, has that awesome British flair I love, and was smoky-sexy hot. It's a menage, and one of the men is Swedish. He spends half the story whispering naughty things (that are not translated) in Swed...
June 7, 2013
Friday Medical Update
Patient: Penny Watson
Lungs: Bronchitis, severe cough. Sounds suspiciously like a seal barking. Or a walrus mating.
Back: Shingles. Symptoms include feeling like sharp ragged chunks of glass are stabbing her back. Patient intermittently cries out "Ow!" OH MY GOD!" and "Help me!" (Doctor's note: amusing).
Head: Large crusty patch of poison ivy on back of scalp. Extremely disgusting and off-putting.
Brain: Mentally incapacitated by numerous asinine physical ailments.
Mental State: Not "playing with...
June 4, 2013
Things I Learned From Penny
According to the 19 thank-you notes I received from Natalie's 4th grade classmates (following a presentation I did about LUCY THE WONDER WEENIE) these are the Things I Learned From Penny...
1. "it can take awhile to get the pictures to mach the story" [SIC]
2. "I learned there are two ways to write a book, pantsing and plotting."
3. "every single word has to count"
4. THANK YOU FOR THE CHAPSTICK!
5."if you self publish you do all the work yourself"
6. "My mom wrote a book and she got it publis...
June 3, 2013
Welcome To The Hierarchy
Many years ago, I attended my first writer's meeting. I was chipper and excited and raring to go, a typical newb. I knew nothing about the industry. I was still working on my first book, and trying to get the hang of POV and conflict.
It didn't take long for me to figure out a very key component of the writing industry.
The Hierarchy.
It wasn't just a group of like-minded women (and a few men) sitting in a room, supporting each other, offering advice.
It was a room divided.
The published vs. the u...
May 31, 2013
Appreciation for the Unexpected
✯✯✯ It's Friday!Yippppeeeeee! ✯✯✯
What's been happening this week?
1. I'm having a mid-life crisis, which I think can be fixed by the purchase of an icy-blue convertible mini Cooper. (see photo above) I'm picturing myself tooling around town in this car, with mirrored sunglasses and a weenie dog sitting next to me in the passenger seat. I WILL BE SO COOL!
2. Must figure out strategy to convince my husband to purchase me an icy-blue mini Cooper.
3. Must plan new wardrobe which will nicel...
