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2012
I hesitated and debated with myself on whether to do this, and finally decided that the Magic Mirror just wouldn’t be the same without a traditional — if belated — New Year post 🙂 I’ve been thinking: why does the New Year excite us so much — why does it inspire and scare us so? A…
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Happy Holidays!
So today is the first night of Hanukkah (and a few days before Christmas). I got out our ever-growing collection of dreidels. Wrapped the Hanukkah presents and put them under our Christmas tree. (Yes, our family is that shamelessly interfaith). Put the menorah in a prominent place, candles by its side, ready to be lit.…
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Happy Birthday, Magic Mirror!
When I was little I lived apart from my mom and I missed her something awful. But she told me she always knew what I was up to, because she had a magic mirror. She knew if I had made my bed that day. Or if I got a good grade. Or made a friend.…
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Thankful for Books, Part 3
To conclude my series about the books that left a deep imprint on my psyche, I want to tell you about Ray Bradbury. I don’t remember how old I was — I want to say, ten? — when I fell hard for Ray Bradbury’s legendary short stories. I remember the Martians with their beautiful golden…
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I am More Than My History
SIMPLE MATH I was answering a comment to last week’s blog post, when a totally revolutionary thought hit me. Specifically, my awesome writer friend Joyce and I were talking about how maybe I should write more Soviet novels one day, and I was telling her that maybe I will — but not soon — not yet. Writers are advised…
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Fork In the Road
If you have written several manuscripts — or read a bunch of books by the same author — you might notice everyone seems to have a bunch of recurring interests, or themes — different subjects, ideas, concepts that different people are constantly drawn to. So far, my themes seem to be, in no particular order: mirrors,…
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Irene Weekend
Irene was my first hurricane. As a mom, I kept a worried eye on the news and went over the “keep safe” checklist, over and over again. As a writer, and a crazyperson, I was a bit excited. It’s like scaling a top mountain peek, or finishing a novel. Even as the “responsible mom” me…
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And I’m back again!
…this time from Boston! This was the last hurrah (or rather, the last huzzah!) for the summer — a birthday trip for me, combined with a wonderful visit with my two lovely nieces from France. Boston is a calm, clean city filled with intelligent faces and voices in every accent imaginable. I love its colleges,…
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I’m Back!!
My dear readers and followers old and new, I can’t believe this — it’s been almost a month since I last posted! But this is what happens when you are having an amazing summer filled with many trips 🙂 Plus, when I return from those wonderful vacations full of new strength and energy, I try to channel it…
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Winners and a little break
Hi everyone, and thanks for participating in this summer’s many giveaway contests. The winners of this latest one are Sarah Pearson (who won a signed copy of “The Sirenz!”) and Colleen Kosinski, who won “The Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.” Congrats, ladies — I’ll be writing to you for addresses shortly. In other news, you guys won’t…
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