Today is the first anniversary of this blog and I’ve been thinking about all that’s happened over the course of the year. It reminds me of the importance of being open to people and reaching out to others. Nothing good happens if you sit alone in your home day after day. Read on to see…
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I was sitting at the baseball field the other day, working on my new novel, while my son’s team practiced before the game. Behind me, a conversation caught my attention. One of Jon’s teammates walked off the field to tell his dad he’d just been hit by the ball. As he rubbed the front of…
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This blog is a collaboration between Richard Lamb and Margaret Reyes Dempsey discussing their collaboration. Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Other Writers Margaret: It seems membership is increasing at Inked-In. I’m sure many people join just to see what it’s all about, as I did back in July. I never dreamed…
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As I get older, I realize just what a gift memory is. I also realize that my memory isn’t what it once was (and I’m only 43!). Pregnancy and motherhood have a way of permanently reserving a portion of your brain. However, I’m grateful for the section they’ve left for my personal use. And there’s…
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My publisher has just added my novel, The Benefactor, to the Coming Soon section of their website. In the publishing world, “coming soon” means “in about a year.” My release date is January 22, 2010. Update: The release has been moved up to November 13, 2009. Benefactor – Coming Soon…
A forty-year-old woman sits looking at photos of a twenty-year-old woman. She thinks to herself how beautiful the younger woman is with her flawless skin, perfect shape, and healthy glow. She compares it to how she looks with her cellulite and excessive curves, some in the wrong places. She wrinkles her nose. A sixty-year-old woman…
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I was mostly a fearless kid. In fact, I can remember only two times I felt fearful—one dealing with deep water (still a fear to this day) and another when some kids threatened to kick my ass after school (I talked my way out of it). In all other matters I was a risk taker,…
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The Friday before Thanksgiving started like any other Friday. My husband went to get me a coffee and pick up a lottery ticket because as they say in New York, “you gotta be in it to win it.” Unfortunately, the lottery machine was down. That afternoon, we visited Jon’s fourth grade class for an Authors…
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A friend and I were talking the other day about the connections people make with one another. It was just after she had experienced one of those twilight zone moments. You know the ones. They rock you to your core, but they usually take place during some mundane moment of your day when you least…
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October is right around the corner and thoughts of Nan are on my mind. For those of you who don’t know, Nan is my grandmother, Domenica Esposito, whom we called Nana Mickey. She passed away in October of 2000 and life hasn’t been quite the same without her. You may think you have a wonderful…
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