Staying Young

Posted by mimi on Oct 5, 2008 in dish | 3 comments Happy B-Day to me! Normally birthdays involve lots of soul-searching and whatnot, but I think the best advice for staying young is courtesy of baseball’s legendary Satchel Paige:Avoid fried meats, which angry up the blood.If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.Keep your juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.Go very gently on the vices, such...
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Meme From Hell

Posted by mimi on Oct 5, 2008 in dish | 3 comments Dara over at Slave to Romance is dead meat. I spent all day with her in a workshop yesterday, and she didn’t say she’d tagged me for this meme! (Okay, not really dead meat, since she is so very nice, but paybacks may be in order.) Here we go, the longest meme in the world:1. What is your occupation? Teacher, writer, mom, Chief Cook and Bottlewasher2. What color are your socks right...
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If You Can’t Say Something Nice

Posted by mimi on Sep 30, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted has some excellent advice for writers today. In her “Dear Author: Don’t Be a Jerk. No, Really.” post at Red Room, she takes authors to task for distasteful behavior. Things you’d think authors would realize, like not calling out other authors, not dissing authors who have been kind enough to give you a blurb, restraining yourself over negative...
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