Support Medusa's Daughter!

My dad just found out the other day that his novel, Medusa's Daughter, is a semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest. At this stage of the competition, Amazon is asking customers to download, read, and review excerpts of the semi-finalists. Based in part on these reviews, Amazon will then select 10 finalists, who will be announced on March 3.

I have already posted my review. Anybody who is interested in helping a deserving work get the credit it deserves is welcome to join me! Just go here to do your part.

1970s flashback

There are some very funny family photos out there on the Internet, so I'm adding this one to the pile:



Are we not the epitome of early 1970s cool? Check out my pants! My sister (who was not yet on the scene in that picture) says they look like bubblegum wrappers.

That's my cousin Julie's inchworm I'm sitting on. I loved that stupid worm. Little did I know on picture day that one day my sorrow at not having an inchworm of my own would be eclipsed by the trauma of my parents' refusal to provide me with an Easy-Bake Oven. Sigh . . .

Giving new meaning to the term "e-card"

OK, I'll admit it. I suck at mailing stuff. I probably should just accept it and start buying "sorry I missed your birthday" cards in advance, but that would be like giving up on hope.

At any rate, today is my dad's birthday, and a couple weeks ago, I bought him a really cool card. And then never managed to get it in the mail. So I'm posting it here instead:




Happy birthday, Dad! Hope it's a great one!