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Step one in taking down the Khristmas tree: Put all your My Little Ponies on the branches of the tree.

Step two in taking down the Khristmas tree: Stand next to the tree and ask them, “Are you going to use your unicorn magic to take down the ornaments?” Continue reading “Instructions for Taking Down a Tree”

Dancing dogs, enigmatically smiling cats, and cartwheeling otters — all the imaginary creatures that live in my head are very happy today.

Elaine the Water-Bender is attacking the Fire Nation in the kitchen right now. (We just finished watching season one of Avatar.)

We met Tof last night — Elaine *adores* her. Though, she’s still a water-bender, herself.

I just re-read SPACE HOUNDS!… And I really wish that the author would write some more of it! Oh… wait… Sigh. #TooManyProjects

I remember the bananas in “Diary of a Wartime Bride” (a subset of “To Elsie With Love”) playing a much more significant role.

I’ve come into possession of the copyrights for my grandfather’s three memoirs — “Jam on the Ceiling,” “To Elsie with Love,” and “My Wife Has Alzheimer’s” — and plan to release them as e-books in the coming year.

Working on two different Shreddy stories simultaneously…

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Khristmas break means I get to let the child stay up until she falls asleep on the couch next to me watching cat videos. Continue reading “Writing and Watching Cats”

Zero to story in 48 hours. That has to be a record for me.

The four-year-old came running in: “There’s so many imaginary guys! And so many imaginary cats! And so many imaginary dogs here!”

Elaine is playing a pretend game that involves skipping about and happily saying, “I sold a story today!”