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Beauty & Dynamite Sneak Preview

May 14, 2008
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Another tidbit from Beauty & Dynamite, Jason Sizemore’s afterword “Unwarranted Serendipity” is up at Die Monday. Just in case you were wondering how history began… (Voting is encouraged!)

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Why I’m a Writer

May 14, 2008
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Mom just sent me this email — I have to remember sometimes that the world is way bigger than me. I forgot to tell you that yesterday as I was headed out to go to the dentist….I stopped to pull back the garbage can and my neighbor was just getting home with her little boy.  She ran over to…

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Unwarranted Serendipity

May 14, 2008
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Another tidbit from Beauty & Dynamite, Jason Sizemore’s afterword “Unwarranted Serendipity” is up at Die Monday. Just in case you were wondering how history began… (Voting is encouraged!)

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Genre Chick Interview: Sarah Addison Allen

May 13, 2008
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Sarah Addison Allen’s debut novel Garden Spells was one of my all-time favorte books. I was pleased to find that her sophomore effort, The Sugar Queen, was equally delicious and her characters just as memorable as they were colorful. There’s Josey, the rich girl with a closet full of romance novels, a secret cache of sweets, and a squatter-cum-fairy-godmother named Della…

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Interact: Barbara Walters Interview

May 13, 2008
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My first job as the female “Voice of Ingram” was doing the intro for the Barbara Walters interview. Listen to it here:http://www2.ingramlibrary.com/Sites/Interact/default.aspx I sound all funky and DJ cool on a professional microphone! I didn’t actually get to *see* Barbara speak, because I was too busy doing a Children’s Book Week podcast for the sound check. But I’m not…

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Travel Goddess

May 13, 2008
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I hate flying. I don’t vomit constantly like I did when I was a kid, but it still gives me a really bad migraine and I’m essentially useless for the entire trip (thank heavens for iPods). Regardless, I still like to get into the airport and get my luggage and myself settled with all due haste. It isn’t always…

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Devin’s Wedding

May 5, 2008
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My little brother is getting married this weekend. Technically we’re not related, but I don’t know what else to call the Ordoynes. We grew up next door to each other, and spent more time together than most “normal” families do. There was piracy on the lake and painted boats, wooden elves and trampolines, secret agent names and spy agendas,…

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