Christmas is not usually a stressful time for me because I'm Jewish and have just gotten over hosting 25-35 people at Thanksgiving. But this year was different.My mother-in-law allowed me to bring dessert. Homemade dessert. As in my mother's cheesecake recipe (which I've made … [Read more...]
Holiday traditions at the Pen
For the last 7-8 years around the holidays, I've been taking my little kids to the Peninsula Chicago for lunch with my husband's two sisters. This year we spiced things up and met for breakfast. One sister-in-law just had a baby, so she didn't join us. But my mother-in-law … [Read more...]
‘Tis the season
A couple days ago this beautiful calendar arrived in the mail addressed to me. It's filled with fun illustrations my kids immediately took a huge liking to. We even read the calendar as a bedtime story Thursday and Friday.You see, this calendar came from my literary agency. … [Read more...]
Confessions of an Accidental Author
Rachel Cartland, author of the new memoir, Paper Tigress: A Life in the Hong Kong Government (Blacksmith Books, 2013) guest blogs about her path to becoming an author! Here's Rachel:I became an author by giving a talk to the YWCA and then sending the text that I’d used to a … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
It's been a busy couple days. Yesterday I received copy edits from my publisher, volunteered at my daughter's school's book fair, hosted a band parents' meeting, had a 50 minute phone interview with a Wall Street Journal editor, and caught up with an old friend on Skype. Phew. … [Read more...]
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