If I had a martini for every time someone has suggested that my husband Kevin is a figment of my imagination, I’d be on a permanent bender. When I mention Kevin in public, the response is frequently, “But I’ve never actually seen him.” People I’ve known for years will come up to me at parties…Continue reading A Real Boy
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Wade Goes 17 Across Part Deux
My old pal Wade, whom I met in Arkansas, but who hails from Houston, has been guest-blogging for the last couple of days on the enormously popular blog Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle. Here’s Wade, on today’s puzzle: Almost every single clue had its way with me. I verbed; it nouned. I past-tensed;…Continue reading Wade Goes 17 Across Part Deux
So Much Hunkier in Person
You’ve probably met a few writer types who say they don’t own a TV. Well, I’m here to tell you I’m not one of them. In addition to being a bona fide The Office addict (I even have a Dwight Shrute bobblehead), my TIVO never misses an episode of Top Chef. Our friends Dianne and…Continue reading So Much Hunkier in Person
MBT, Odds and Ends
I just jumped on the MBT bandwagon. Picked mine up today at Nomadic Outfitters and took them for a spin in Golden Gate Park. The verdict? They’re not as sinfully ugly as they used to be–I chose the black Kaya (think Mary Janes on steroids), which actually looks pretty good in a weird interplanetary walking-on-rubber-tires…Continue reading MBT, Odds and Ends
Wade Goes Seventeen Across
My friend Wade Williams (who has appeared in every one of my books to date, as a folk singer, banjo player, Hollywood producer…but who in reality is a Houstonian purveyor of torts) is guest blogging over at Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle, the ginormously popular blog with the self-explanatory name. I’m guest-blogging at…Continue reading Wade Goes Seventeen Across