Good Blog, Good Blog – Now Sit!
Posted on | August 15, 2006 | Leave a comment | Print This Post
Having a blog is hard work! And, to make matters worse, I’m on the road and at the mercy of … yes, it still exists … dial-up.
I wish I could say I was on a prelim book signing tour for my novel, GOOD THINGS: A Novel, which is due out February 2007 by Berkley Books (Penguin USA), but unless that tour includes stops at every penny-pressing machine within Disneyland, then the truth will eventually have me out. My in-laws footed the bill to send the entire family to the World According to Disney, which was the first visit for my five and a half year old daughter (yes, I know, it’s unheard of). It was also the first visit for my six-month old son, but I’m not expecting that he’ll remember much other than the familiar screaming and crying from his older sibling as she melted down after the 8:00 pm Electric Parade.
I had a goal to write at least a page a day during our visit to the mainland from Hawaii, but we’re already 12 days into the visit and nothing’s happened so far. In fact, come to think of it, I have absolutely no idea where the manuscript is. Most likely it is buried below two pairs of Mickey Mouse ears (monogrammed, of course), about 15 pounds of baby clothes and diapers, half a suitcase full of Barbie and other licensed products my daughter received as gifts, my tax return (our accountant had to send it to us for signature so we could file it immediately), our passports, a box full of homeopathic remedies that I consistently forget to give my children, and, how can we forget, about 30 one-cent pennies defamed and distorted by any and every Disney character.
So, back to my manuscript … it’s my next novel, THE ALOHA DIARIES. I’m giving away 30 one-cent pennies to the first person who can guess where the novel takes place! Just kidding. My daughter would kill me and, really, I don’t need that right now. Right now, we are working on team-work and communication. My husband calls it please-don’t-embarrass-us-in-public. Just kidding again. It’s more like please-don’t-embarrass-us-in-public AND in-front-of-my-parents-who-are-paying-for-this-trip.
I think I’ve written enough to constitute a decent first-blog entry. Mind you, I’m doing this with a six-month old baby on my lap who is trying to eat the mouse. No, he’s actually quite content to watch me type this blog entry but, most likely, will start fussing or need a diaper change or want to eat or roll on the ground or eat something from the ground once I start working on my manuscript again.
Wow, so much negativity! It’s not my fault. Blame it on dial-up. I usually get my angst out faster on broadband. I might just have to wait until I get home before I can get any decent writing done, but in the meantime, I have some pressed pennies to organize.
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