Category ~ Lani
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The Final Post
Wow. Before I go into my goodbye, I'd like to say what a true pleasure it's been being part of the LC. All of you regulars have been so much fun, and I hope you'll continue to show up where...Posted by Lani at 4:54 PM | Comments (5)
What's Left to Unveil?
You'd be surprised... I've been thinking about this blog for a while. I mean, let's face it - it's not like I've been withholding here at the LC. I've talked about meeting my husband in a bin of halibut fins,...Posted by Lani at 12:01 PM | Comments (7)
Confessions of a Cheater
The love that dare not bark its name. Before I start, I'd like to wish a happy Memorial Day to everyone, but most especially to our military and their families. Words like "support" and "sacrifice" are nowhere near enough given...Posted by Lani at 5:08 AM | Comments (10)
It is Wednesday...
...right? Yesterday marked nine years that Fish and I have been married. We both forgot. It's not that we're not romantic people, me and Fish. We're affectionate and loving and committed and all that jazz. We're just not date people....Posted by Lani at 11:05 AM | Comments (11)
Brainal Abandonment
I'd sue my brain for support, if only I could find the bastard... Hi! Remember me? My name's Lani, and I used to post here all the time. But then, life got busy. Really busy. And I got forgetful. Really...Posted by Lani at 8:46 AM | Comments (7)
It's Rabbid Time
Like Hammer Time, only a lot more ominous sounding. Good morning, Chicklets! It's been a while, so sorry, all my fault. I have a thousand excuses, none of them good. I forgot to blog once. Then we had technical issues....Posted by Lani at 8:58 AM | Comments (12)
Life Lesson #237: Never Put Pearls on a Dog
No matter how much she begs. It's just not right. Hello, all! I just got back from a fabulous weekend with Jenny Crusie and Alesia Holliday in wonderful NYC and... I'm flippin' exhausted! It was almost too much fun to...Posted by Lani at 9:34 AM | Comments (6)
Winners! Yay!
I totally knew there would be winners this week. See? I am psychic! Well, hellooooooo, Chicklets! Thanks to all who shared their woo-woo this week (geez, why does that still sound dirty to me?) and I'm happy to announce that...Posted by Lani at 10:13 AM | Comments (1)
I'm a believer.
Most of the time. Well... some of the time. Okay. Alternate Tuesdays. As someone who grew up going to New Age churches, I can tell you that I've got a pretty open mind when it comes to psychic phenomena. I've...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (32)
Is That a Scythe in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
Death stalks us all. Well, some more than others. You know, I was going to use today to talk about how I don't have a dark side. I mean, I have my pissy moments, but typically I'm pretty cheerful. I...Posted by Lani at 7:03 AM | Comments (13)
Too Famous for My Shirt
Um... didn't I say I wanted my Evian at room temperature? First, you guys are so sweet! I wasn't fishing for compliments on the fame thing in the last post, but man, if I was, I would've won the... whatever...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (17)
The Myth of The Writer
Ooooh. Look at the pretty, pretty illusions. I must stomp on them. I've never worked in any industry where the perception of what your life is like is so different from the reality. But then, writing is a so-called "glamour...Posted by Lani at 9:01 AM | Comments (9)
On the radio!
Am I the only one who remembers that Donna Summer song? Am I the only one who remembers Donna Summer? Anyone? Beuller? Well, good day, chicklets! I have to be quick today because we've been snowed in (five feet in...Posted by Lani at 10:52 AM | Comments (3)
Something To Talk About
Birds do it. Bees do it. Any chance we can just stop there? Okay. So recently, my mom came for a visit and dropped off a pile of books from my childhood which she thought the girls might enjoy. One...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (17)
The Big Breakup
This is the stuff from which country music songs are made... All right. It's been a shaky week here at Casa de Fish, and I have to tell you, I'm a little wary to talk about it. But now that...Posted by Lani at 9:09 AM | Comments (8)
Wedded Weeds
The vows you never knew you made... until it was too late. I don't remember my vows. Probably because I didn't write them, and was made to recite them at 6am on a Saturday morning in The Little White Wedding...Posted by Lani at 2:00 PM | Comments (7)
Jack who?
You know you've been playing the game too long when you're trying to think of Jack jokes and they're all dirty... Warning: Today's blog contains mature content. And all that stuff about trying to be classier so I could live...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (3)
Ringing in the New Year with Laura Fitzgerald!!!
Get out the noisemakers, this is gonna be good. Wow. 2007. What a year '06 was, no? First of all, it was a year ago today that we announced the addition of Whitney, Beth and Eileen to this here blog,...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (3)
Holiday Choppy Thoughts (tm)
Because it's really not a holiday without them... It's been a while since I've had a good, erratic Choppy Thought post. And since all my synapses are short circuiting so regularly that I can't hang onto a single thought long...Posted by Lani at 7:23 AM | Comments (8)
Fish On!
Okay. You'll only get the title if you're a man. Well, a man who fishes. Well... possibly only a man who fishes in Alaska. But it's funny. No, really. Trying to come up with a blog entry for "The Care...Posted by Lani at 10:12 AM | Comments (27)
Yeah. I know. It's not Thursday.
But I'll try anything thirteen times. So, in my random wanderings around the blogosphere this week, I discovered something of which I was not previously aware. (Yikes. See how hard some people will work not to end a sentence in...Posted by Lani at 8:45 AM | Comments (5)
Getting Ranty With It
I don't have a whole lot of hot buttons, but this is what happens when one gets hit. Okay. We have certain "loose" rules here at the LC. One, we try to be funny and amusing and tell our little...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (6)
Casa de Fish Thanksgiving Blog #5
Okay. All done. Time: 5:13 PM Things Accomplished: Turkey - done. Potatoes - done. Stuffing, cranberry salad, glazed carrots - done. Turkey vs. Lani score - well. Let's see. 6 hours of brining, 3 hours of cooking, the little popper...Posted by Lani at 4:16 PM | Comments (9)
Casa de Fish Thanksgiving Blog #4
Moment of truth... Okay. Turkey is on the table. I only have time to post this one picture, and the Light quote that goes with it: Light: Am I in the picture? Am I in the picture? Yes. Technically, she...Posted by Lani at 2:34 PM | Comments (5)
Casa de Fish Thanksgiving Live Blog #2
It ain't cooking if it don't smoke. Time: 11:58 am Things Accomplished: Whipped more cream. By hand. Don't believe me? Turkey is about to come out of the brine and go into the oven, so we're at a steady Turkey...Posted by Lani at 11:00 AM | Comments (6)
Casa De Fish Thanksgiving Live Blog #1
Aaaaaannnnnd.... we're off. Time: 8:23am Things Accomplished: Turkey is in the brine. I repeat, Turkey is in the brine. In a big bucket, in my garage, because it wouldn't fit in the refrigerator. The way I see it, it's Turkey-0,...Posted by Lani at 7:04 AM | Comments (5)
Casa de Fish Live Thanksgiving Day Turkey vs. Lani Blogathon!
You didn't ask for it, but you're getting it anyway. Now that's something to be grateful for. Well, hello and happy Thanksgiving Day, everyone! Today marks the first, and probably last, Casa de Fish Live Thanksgiving Day Turkey vs. Lani...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (3)
It's Not Easy Being Techie
But, with due deference to Kermit, it's probably harder being green. Happy Thursday, Chicklets! As the in-house techie LC, I have to share with you my latest discovery. Of course, this particular thing has been around for a while, and...Posted by Lani at 7:09 AM | Comments (8)
The Just Shouldn'ts
Not to be confused with the Woulda Coulda Shouldas. Totally different thing. You know how there are some people who just shouldn't? Like William Shatner just shouldn't sing, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves just shouldn't do period films, and Kevin...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (26)
Not for Teacher...
Ah, the memories... Good Thursday morning to ya, Chicklets! It's good to see you again! I've been in really deep lurk for the last few days as I finished up the rough draft of the book which may or may...Posted by Lani at 9:57 AM | Comments (10)
Sunday Hodge Podge
Does anyone beside me under the age of 101 use terms like "hodge podge?" Enquiring minds... really don't give a crap. Okay. I'm on deadline, and so have kind of disappeared off the scene lately. My good friend Babs (whose...Posted by Lani at 7:56 AM | Comments (15)
Sunday Confessions
Forgive me, taste, for I have sinned... Does anyone here watch Days of Our Lives? Anyone? Beuhler? Just me, huh? Well, can't say as I'm surprised, because it's been amazingly craptastic in recent years. Like, the last ten. Or fifteen....Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (20)
Daddy's a Target
Sometimes, justice is really fun. You know what I love? Karmic smackdown. You know how it goes. Someone does something because they're just being an ass, and karma puts it at the top of the inbox and immediately comes back...Posted by Lani at 8:39 AM | Comments (11)
There Must Be Some Misunderstanding
Because, typically, that's the case Good morning, Chicklets! I am on my way out the door to do some shopping and have lunch with the lovely and talented Ms. Amy Garvey, so I don't have much time, but I wanted...Posted by Lani at 8:12 AM | Comments (6)
Me and My Big Mouth
A marriage made in hell I feel pretty lucky to say that I don't have a lot of regrets. Not that I've never done anything phenomenally stupid - I think you all know me too well to believe that -...Posted by Lani at 6:12 AM | Comments (6)
Nothing But Class
Yes, I have class. It's here. Somewhere. Although it might have gotten lost in the move... You know, I recently made a promise to myself. I decided, without consulting my fellow LCs, that... well... I kinda bring down the property...Posted by Lani at 7:37 AM | Comments (11)
Bouncing Yellow Boxes
It's not that I don't love them. It's just that I'd enjoy them so much more if, occasionally, they went somewhere else. I'm having horrible Mommy guilt. Of course, 99.9% of Mommy guilt is horrible. Coincidentally, I'd say about 99.9%...Posted by Lani at 6:18 AM | Comments (18)
Betwixt
Kinda sounds like a candy bar, doesn't it? Hey, all. Before we get started today, I have two announcements to make. Well, actually, three. 1. Chicklets rock. I cannot believe the fab limericks you guys wrote! I'm tempted to give...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (9)
Tara. Oh, Tara. Wherefore art thou, Tara?
Deny thy father. Refuse thy name. Yadda yadda. You know what I find funny? "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" actually means, "Why the hell are you Romeo, and not someone I can invite to dinner without my family trying to kill...Posted by Lani at 6:17 AM | Comments (14)
It's not the heat...
Wait. No. Yes. It's the heat. My mother told me that, back in the day, before air conditioning, people used to hose down the trees by the house and that would cool things down. It doesn't work, and it certainly...Posted by Lani at 10:12 AM | Comments (19)
Atlanta Day... who knows?
You know you're having a good time when you don't know what time it is. Hello, Chicklets! I'm blogging live from Atlanta Day Whatever, and I have to say, it's been wonderful! Although I have yet to catch anyone having...Posted by Lani at 6:42 AM | Comments (2)
Atlanta: Day One. Ish.
I try to keep track. I fail. Okay. So technically it's Day Two of RWA '06. But because so much of yesterday was travel - although a fair amount was Alesia, Michelle, Eileen, Barb (Caridad Ferrer) and me drinking and...Posted by Lani at 6:58 AM | Comments (6)
Let the games begin!
Gosh, that would have sounded so much better if I could afford a bullhorn... All right, Chicklets and Chicklads, it's official. Although most of us won't be arriving in Atlanta until Tuesday, the week of free-for-all blogging from Atlanta begins....Posted by Lani at 5:42 AM | Comments (1)
The Goods Is Odd
Just... trust me. There was a recent discussion on an online loop (hi, Cherries!) in which someone brought up the fact that I met my husband (hi, Fish!) in Alaska (hi, Alaskans!) This inevitably led to the "Is Alaska a...Posted by Lani at 6:04 AM | Comments (6)
It's not you...
Okay. It's you. You know, I haven't done much dumping in my lifetime. Mostly because I'm really, realllllly bad at it. I mean, horrendously bad. Getting dumped by me could viably take years. A typical Lani dumping consisted of weeks...Posted by Lani at 7:37 AM | Comments (16)
I Don't Have a Pool
A cautionary tale. Okay, Chicklets. Before we begin, I have to say that there are going to be a fair amount of f-bombs in attendance here this morning. It's okay. It's all right. I'm still carefully straddling the line between...Posted by Lani at 6:33 AM | Comments (13)
Hold Music
Yes. I'm actually going to talk about hold music. It's Fish's fault. So. I wake up this morning and snuggle in bed with Fish. "I have to go to work," he says. "I have to blog for Literary Chicks," I...Posted by Lani at 7:08 AM | Comments (12)
In the past week, I have signed my name 1,823 times
Ah, mortgage, sweet mortgage, how I have yearned for thee... Forgive me, chicklets. I missed last week because I was on my way to give a workshop in Toronto, and this week's blog is going to take lame to a...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (11)
My Imagination is on the Fritz
I'll bet Sears has a warranty for that, right? I know you might find this hard to believe, considering how much time I spend here waxing poetic about CWaPs and Smoothaise and husbands who dress like pimps... Oh, by the...Posted by Lani at 8:10 AM | Comments (10)
Husbands Dressing Badly
Remember as you read this that Fish asked me to do this... Well, good morning, Chicklets! Before we get started today, I wanted to send a big cyber-smooch from the L.C. to our guest this month, Kayla Perrin! Kayla, it's...Posted by Lani at 7:03 AM | Comments (33)
Answer: Underkläder
Question: How do you say "underwear" in Swedish? Okay, ladies. You asked for it. You're getting it. I promise. There will be a picture of my hunky Swedish underwear model of a husband in this post. But first, I wanted...Posted by Lani at 8:43 AM | Comments (8)
It's Comeback Time
Like Hammer Time? Only with comebacks? Right? Does that work? No? Hmmmm... Okay, before we get started today, I have two things I'd like to announce. 1. My newest romantic comedy, The Comeback Kiss, has officially hit the shelves! It's...Posted by Lani at 12:09 PM | Comments (20)
Love in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Is that a halibut in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? I've been sitting here for fifteen minutes trying to think of the craziest thing I ever did for love. I'm having a tough time, actually,...Posted by Lani at 8:08 AM | Comments (15)
Happy Easter!
May your eggs all be made of solid Dove chocolate... Well, good morning, dear Chicklits. It's 5 am, and I have a few minutes before I have to start the coffee, get my husband up, fill the egg with houses...Posted by Lani at 5:26 AM | Comments (5)
As Promised
You wanted the Asshole! Martyr! story, and I'm a helpless people pleaser. Yes, I am. Yes. I am. Damnit. Shut up. All right. By popular demand, the Asshole! Martyr! story as mentioned last week. But it's not that great a...Posted by Lani at 7:27 AM | Comments (20)
Go Fish.
A battle to the death. Or to the frustration. You know. Whatever. Wow, how cool is it having Jenny and Bob here this month? Now, yes, they are on tour and so won't be popping in to comment much, but...Posted by Lani at 7:31 AM | Comments (5)
Lonely Lovin'
I got your lonely heart right here, baby. Wow. It's a big week here at The L.C! Alesia and I both nominated for Ritas (yay!), we had the fabulous Susan McBride here to entertain us (miss her already!) and Sweetness...Posted by Lani at 10:22 AM | Comments (13)
Twice on Sundays
Happiness is a crap shoot where the odds get better the harder you throw the dice. Hey, all! I've been horribly quiet lately - although some of you might see that as a good thing - because I've been in...Posted by Lani at 6:52 AM | Comments (6)
There Oughta Be A Law
I'm a good girl, I am... You know, it wasn't until we hit Crime and Felons week here on Literary Chicks that I realized there's a segment of my life that is missing: That rebel spirit that gives one -...Posted by Lani at 6:06 AM | Comments (7)
Beuhler?
How many skeletons can you fit in one closet, anyway? Okay. I'll admit. This is my third cheater blog in a row. I'm a loser. But, I'm revising the WIP (official title: THE QUILT READER, releasing February 2007 from NAL,...Posted by Lani at 7:20 AM | Comments (6)
House-Arrest
Just remember, it's Fish's fault. Hello, all. It's Saturday morning, and I have a date with my family to go look at houses first thing in the morning, and then we're going to lunch, and then we're going to do...Posted by Lani at 8:02 AM | Comments (4)
Maybe This is Why All Our Visitors Stay at Hotels...
If lazy were a blog, this is what it would look like... Hello, all. I'm on deadline, and THISCLOSE to being done, done, done, so I'm gonna let the kids write my blog this week. Which doesn't mean they're going...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (7)
But... You Have a Cat...
I pity the poor fool that manages the apartment I rent. I pity the fool Hi. Sorry. I don't know why the channeling of Mr. T there. Like tattoos and all-night-benders (which often precede the tattoos) it just seemed like...Posted by Lani at 7:23 AM | Comments (5)
I'm a Pig
Maybe that's why I'm not a big fan of bacon... Hello, all! My blogging dates are falling on Thursdays this month (and next, thanks to February being a freak month) and I have my class to teach on Thursdays. Which...Posted by Lani at 9:08 AM | Comments (14)
And now for something completely different....
... a little Monkey Love. Hello! Congratulations again to our winners, and for those of you looking for another chance to win a great book, you've come to the right place, for I am here to announce our Guest Chick...Posted by Lani at 8:57 AM | Comments (3)
Why am I up at 3:30 in the morning?
Let me count the frakkin' ways... Hi. It's Lani, coming to you live from the middle of the freakin' night. Now why, you may ask, am I writing this blog at 3:30 in the morning? Why not a more reasonable...Posted by Lani at 3:33 AM | Comments (11)
Knocked Up
Sanity who? No! It's not what you think. But I gotcha, didn't I? Today's blog is not about being pregnant, which I'm NOT, thanks to a wide variety of preventative measures which include but are not limited to The Head...Posted by Lani at 7:56 AM | Comments (11)
Punctuality is for Wimps
Sometimes being late is rude, and sometimes it's an art form. With rare and sporadic exceptions, I haven't been on time for anything since the first time I had a late period with consequences. I used to be compulsively punctual....Posted by Lani at 7:15 AM | Comments (21)
Introducing... Eileen Rendahl!
Combining coffee, tattoos and Antonio Banderas to serve you better. Don't thank us now. It's our pleasure. As part of our launch week for the new and improved LiteraryChicks.com, we're doing a series of cross-interviewing so y'all will have a...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (19)
Tick Tock
From Lani, taking a few moments to tease... Sorry I haven't been around much, folks. I've been working on your BIG SURPRISE. You know, the one we've been teasing ALL WEEK because we're all so excited we can hardly contain...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (4)
Happy Holidays!!!
From Lani, hanging out under the mistletoe... I still have to go shopping - got presents, forgot food - so I don't have much time this morning, but I wanted to drop by and say HAPPY HOLIDAYS to everyone. And...Posted by Lani at 9:11 AM | Comments (4)
Meme Me
From Lani, who, believe it or not, is still alive... You know it's time to blog when people start calling to see if you're still alive. I am alive, it's just - you know - 'tis the season for running...Posted by Lani at 10:03 PM | Comments (3)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Should Not Be Threatened. (Even if she wasn't dead.)
From Lani, almost ready to hop the train home... Well, it's 7:30 in the am and I'm about to get up and start the long, going-home day. Gotta get a little breakfast with my homegirls, wonder why in the world...Posted by Lani at 7:23 AM | Comments (3)
Freakin' Sting!
From Lani, whose surreal-o-meter is going off the charts... Okay - just popping in real quick to say that STING sang to ALESIA AND ME AND BARB FERRER tonight. And yes, I mean THAT Sting. More later.... ;) Be jealous!...Posted by Lani at 1:04 AM | Comments (4)
Dude....
From Lani, doing the I'm-going-to-NYC dance... Okay. I'm packed and ready to go, and then I realized that Wednesday's my blog day, and I got nothing. Gotta go Choppy Thoughts. Sex and the City on TBS. It's just not right...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (2)
The Carpets Are Alive With The Sound of Vacuuming
From Lani, weeping at her cruel, cruel fate... Oh, man. I hate cleaning. Hate it. With a passion. And yet, I won't hire anyone to clean my house for me because I'd have to get it marginally clean in order...Posted by Lani at 9:54 AM | Comments (10)
I hate you. Can I have that?
From Lani, watching her daughters from a safe distance... I've always regretted never having a sister. When I was young, I used to bug my mother to give me a sister, thinking it was really no big deal for her...Posted by Lani at 6:44 AM | Comments (3)
This Entry Brought To You By: Sudafed
From Lani, sniffling and hacking and sneezing, oh my... Before I get into my "I've got a cold, wah me," whine, I want to say thanks to Alesia and Whitney for chiming in on Exes week! And for those of...Posted by Lani at 9:54 AM | Comments (3)
All My Exes Live In The Internet
From Lani, who just knows she's going to be hearing about this blog for a while... Good Saturday morning, and welcome to the launch of Exes Week here on Literary Chicks, in honor of the release of Ex and the...Posted by Lani at 6:32 AM | Comments (7)
Ex and The Single Girl Giveaway!
Ex and The Single Girl: Get Your Signed Copy Here! Hey, Lovely Readers! I'm just hopping in here quickly to let you know how you can win your own signed copy of the book Entertainment Weekly called "sweetly engaging." It's...Posted by Lani at 6:36 AM | Comments (2)
The Naked Truth about Excessive Modesty
From Lani, blushing already and she hasn't even started writing yet... It's funny, because when we decided to do a theme week on Naked Truth, I didn't really think much about it. Now that I'm here to write the essay,...Posted by Lani at 6:06 AM | Comments (2)
Flirting with Other Women
From Lani, cruising for the CWKs... One quick note before I get started on today's blog: I'd like to apologize for the crickets that were here last week. We've had what you might call a slump here. Alesia just finished...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (5)
Flirting with Getting Out of Bed
From Lani, snuggling in the sheets... Well, good morning. I'm seriously considering not getting out of bed today. I'll let you know how it goes. See, I just finished my revisions on THE COMEBACK KISS (out May of 2006, please...Posted by Lani at 7:54 AM | Comments (4)
Flirting with Grammar
From Lani, kicking herself in New Jersey... Hey, all! I'm sitting in my hotel room here at the New Jersey Romance Writers Put Your Heart In A Book conference (a room which I'm sharing with our own lovely Michelle; we...Posted by Lani at 10:01 AM | Comments (5)
Flirting with Zen
From Lani... ohm... Life is insane. Kids. Work. Money. Marriage. Everywhere I look there's something else there, looking at me with a 70/30 mix of expectation and the blank certainty that I won't be able to live up to that...Posted by Lani at 9:00 AM | Comments (2)
Flirting!
From Lani, batting her eyes like crazy, and getting a small headache... Hello, ladies! I'm under pressure, under deadline, under the table, under EVERYTHING it seems so I only have a small moment to tell you what we've got planned...Posted by Lani at 12:32 PM | Comments (2)
TV Crushes, School Projects, the Good Luck Dresses and Freakin' Comments
From Lani, going for it with the Hodge Podge Blog... (Okay. Keep up with me. I'm dumping all the stuff I've been meaning to get to, but could never justify doing a whole blog about. So hold on to your...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (12)
Bow-chicka-bow-bow
From Lani, wishing for a fairy godmother with a magical Ambien prescription... Check the time stamp on this entry. Yes, I'm up at four in the morning. Worse? I've been up since two-thirty. Why? you ask. Is it heartburn? Sunburn?...Posted by Lani at 4:07 AM | Comments (3)
Top Five Things I've Been Meaning To Mention
From Lani, who's apparently watched High Fidelity a few times too many... Hey, all! I hope you're having a lovely Saturday, or if it's not Saturday when you read this, a lovely whatever-day-it-is for you. I've got a number of...Posted by Lani at 5:05 PM | Comments (2)
Better than Cats...
From Lani, whose cold heart might come in handy in Hell... Not to start the article out on a bummer, but last October, our beloved cat Dashwood died. Diabetes. Very young. Wasn't pretty. Then we got another cat, CWaP. In...Posted by Lani at 6:30 AM | Comments (4)
My special talent
From Lani, all about the bad jokes... I have a special talent. Well, it's not that special, and it's not really a talent so much as a mammoth ability to ignore reality. But, it works, so I go with it....Posted by Lani at 7:35 AM | Comments (7)
Going Snarkless
From Lani, finding my happy place... See, here's the thing. Tragedy, sadness, bad news, and grief. It's very hard to be funny and lighthearted when people are, you know, losing their lives and their homes and everything they own. So,...Posted by Lani at 7:18 PM | Comments (0)
The One Where Lani Doesn't Give a Crap
From Lani, in Crankyville Central... All right. I usually try not to do this, but I just had to respond to the big kerfuffle over the latest chick lit bashing, this one occurring at Number One Hit Song, a blog...Posted by Lani at 7:26 PM | Comments (3)
From the depths of deadline hell...
From Lani, doing it motel style... Hey, all! I'm writing from the fresh and fancy digs of the By The Airport Motel, where I'm busting ass to meet my Monday deadline. Fish sent me here so I could write in...Posted by Lani at 10:51 AM | Comments (1)
Reno Report: Day Four
Oh My God, My A** Is So Kicked, an essay in mostly words because I was too lazy to take pictures yesterday, by Lani Diane Rich Alesia and Lani at the RITA/GH Finalist's reception. I've learned something about myself this...Posted by Lani at 11:27 AM | Comments (2)
Reno Report: Day Three (and a little of Day Four)
What Happens in Reno, Stays in Reno... a pictorial essay, by Lani Diane Rich RITA nominee and trouble maker Sandy Blair getting a talkin' to from Stoney, the Casino Cop......Posted by Lani at 12:00 PM | Comments (2)
Reno Report: Day Two
From Lani, giving you news you can use... Hello, everybody! Reno has been a blast so far! I got to have lunch with our own faboo Alesia and the gorgeous Barbara Ferrer, who is also my roommate, when I first...Posted by Lani at 12:15 PM | Comments (4)
Apparently, I'm a Winter...
From Lani, going for style... I've developed a slight obsession recently. I've become addicted to another television show. This one has drama, and tension, the occasional catfight, and loads of styling tips. Yep, you guessed it......Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (3)
Once More, With Feeling...
From Lani, who can't resist a Buffy reference... Well, here we are again. Sorry for the prolonged absence, but our webhost has assured us that when we come here and write an entire blog, we'll actually be able to post...Posted by Lani at 8:17 AM | Comments (4)
Oprah Schmoprah
From Lani, living her best life... Before I begin, I want to give you this link. It pretty much speaks for itself. But, a warning - don't be eating or drinking anything when you click on the link. For one,...Posted by Lani at 7:25 AM | Comments (6)
Irony, author pictures, and dead, embryonic green birds
Lani, refusing to eat her vegetables... Okay - couple of things in response to comments on my last few entries before I throw out a plea for help to the general populace. Thing The First: I was very touched by...Posted by Lani at 6:00 AM | Comments (7)
Smoothaise
From Lani, smooth in Syracuse... I was in Alaska from 1999 to 2004. There was no WB in Alaska. There were rumors of a cable-only station in Wasilla, but I never saw any evidence of it. So, since moving to...Posted by Lani at 8:06 AM | Comments (2)
20 Things
From Lani, counting down... 20 Things I Don't Get 20. 1001 Elephant Jokes: I guess they're supposed to get funnier as you go. It's supposed to be an accumulated funny. So I'm told. 19. Brussel Sprouts: I don't care if...Posted by Lani at 2:36 PM | Comments (4)
How do you say **** in Swedish?
From Lani, ja... We're gonna find out, because Time Off For Good Behavior is going to be published in Sweden! Wahoo, yay! I really didn't think, with all the bad language and pop culture references, that Time Off would ever...Posted by Lani at 2:40 PM | Comments (1)
Amen
From Lani, feeling a little evangelistic... You might not know it to look at me, but I come from a long line of preachers. My grandpa was a preacher. My father was a preacher. My mother wasn't, but only because...Posted by Lani at 5:34 PM | Comments (1)
With a Capital T...
From Lani, with the pasty white techie skin... First, a thousand pardons for the commenting thing. I'm working on it. I really, really, really am. Right now, you can comment, but it'll have to come to me for approval until...Posted by Lani at 7:49 AM | Comments (8)
Big Spaz II: The Return of the Spaz
Lani, from I'M IN WALMART central! For those of you who don't have the history on me being a Big Spaz, I refer you here. So, anyway, I went to Walmart today......Posted by Lani at 10:34 AM
Me and The Ball
Lani-ani-ani-ani-ani... (that's my written version of an echo, which, if it worked, I wouldn't have to explain) Hey, there, chiquitas! It's me. Sorry for the deafening silence lately. All my fault. Alesia's on a super-cool writer's retreat, Michelle's been sick,...Posted by Lani at 8:49 AM
Shameless Self-Promotion
Lani, Who Really Wants That Toaster... Good morning! The reviews are in for Maybe Baby, which comes out to a store near you on June 1st. So far, I'm feeling pretty happy....Posted by Lani at 9:24 AM
Did I mention my toaster broke?
Lani, Who Really Had It Coming... Every author has a review story. You know, the review that made them cry and crawl under the sink with a box of Ho-Ho's and a bottle of Old Smuggler, only to be dragged...Posted by Lani at 6:44 AM
Most Days
Lani, wishing someone would tell her to take a nap every day I write this from my bedroom, where I've retreated in frustration as my two darling daughters hurl plaintive cries against the darkness that is naptime. Actually, my older...Posted by Lani at 12:25 PM
Didja miss me?
From Lani... again... Yeah, yeah, I know. How can you miss me if I won't go away? Ba-doo-boom-chaaaaaa. Anyway, if you're all done wise-assing for now, I have to tell you that I'm still giving away books over at my...Posted by Lani at 8:10 AM
Thank God It's Thursday
From Lani, makin' with the free time... I don't know if Michelle is gonna have time to stop in and report from RT today, but just in case... it's me again! All Lani, all week. No waiting. Oh, and just...Posted by Lani at 7:19 AM
But enough about me...
From Lani, doin' her little tap-dance... I'm gonna make this short today because, let's face it, you have things to do. Like take this test and find out... Which Literary Chick Are You? Yes, I'm serious. A couple of caveats....Posted by Lani at 6:47 AM
Lani Week!
From Lani, at the center of her own universe... Something just occurred to me this morning. Michelle and Alesia are both on their way to the Romantic Times Convention in St. Louis. I was supposed to go, too, but due...Posted by Lani at 8:38 AM
Shameless
Lani, lovin' it... In the grand, three-day-old tradition of No Shame Week, I'm gonna go ahead and dip into a specific sub-genre of Shame... The Very Bad TV Shows I Can't Live Without. As you all know, I'm a shameless...Posted by Lani at 2:32 PM
Mock Me
Lani, getting the last laugh... In a world where everything is suitable for mockery – like, for instance, Dr. Ruth Wordheimer – I thought I’d come out here today and admit to my most mock-worthy obsessions because... well because I...Posted by Lani at 2:57 PM
Innocence and the Soft "U"
Lani, who really really needs to get out of the house... So, I was watching “Between the Lions” with my kids – which, if you’re not a parent, is a show for preschoolers – and they had a segment with...Posted by Lani at 7:38 AM
Wuvv... Twooo Wuvvv...
Lani, who has apparently watched The Princess Bride too much... You know, everyone's talking about this Charles and Camilla thing - giving opinions, passing judgement, sending well wishes. I'm not really qualified to comment, as I know very little about...Posted by Lani at 12:36 PM
Dirty!
Lani, not meaning it that way... You know what I love about Michelle's entries? The way everything Dutch sounds dirty. Slagroom. Strippen Kaart. Flessenlikker. Dirty! Dirty! Really Flessen' Dirty! Which makes me think of a friend of mine......Posted by Lani at 10:20 AM
Sweetness is 6 Today!
Lani, healthy again... Well, thank God I'm feeling better, because today is going to be a busy day. I have exactly 3.5 seconds to blog before we run off to a birthday breakfast for Sweetness, who is 6 today, and...Posted by Lani at 7:13 AM | Comments (2)
TFTWND
Lani, acronymically challenged... Okay. Day 8 of The Flu That Would Not Die. This is what happens when Moms get sick. It lasts forever because we always have to take care of everyone else, who are all healthy, by the...Posted by Lani at 8:18 AM | Comments (3)
Fabulous
Lani, looking for the white light... So, let me just say. Last week, I was hit with a bronchial thing. Thursday, a 24-hour stomach bug. And yesterday, the day I *finally* thought I was going to get better? Sinus infection....Posted by Lani at 9:40 AM | Comments (1)
Those Butts
Lani, the Kirstie Alley of the Literary World... Well, the butt obsession in my house continues. I went to pick up the kids at the sitter the other day, and the sitter said that Sweetness came up to her and...Posted by Lani at 8:07 AM | Comments (4)
Exchange This
Lani, wondering how people pissed their lives away before the internet... There comes a time in every woman's life - somewhere between having kids and dying - when every hour of her day is already spoken for. That's where I...Posted by Lani at 8:17 AM | Comments (1)
Sweetness, Light, and Shame
Lani, from Winter Storm Warning Central... You know what I love about living in Central New York? That even when there's a Winter Storm Advisory, and snow drifts are obscuring entire buildings, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are...Posted by Lani at 8:03 AM | Comments (3)
Four Words
Lani, gearing up for the rant... Before I get started, a choppy thought: I've decided I want this. Do you see how it actually burns the image of Hello Kitty into the toast? Maybe this is similar to how the...Posted by Lani at 8:21 PM | Comments (4)
Tinker, Tinker, Putz, Putz
Lani, the website equivalent of a grease monkey... It's 5:57 in the morning. I have been up since three. For no really good reason, just had a weird dream, and then as I tried to get back to sleep, I...Posted by Lani at 6:03 AM | Comments (1)
Lani's Favorite Things
Lani, feeling a little like Oprah... I've been sick. Not sick sick, just cold sick. Headache sick. Don't-wanna-vacuum sick. Oh, wait. That last part's pretty normal. Anyway, I thought I would have some fun today and cheer up by doing...Posted by Lani at 5:18 PM | Comments (5)
Eh, what the hell?
Lani, getting her groove on way early in the mornin'... I've discovered something about myself. Well, actually, I already knew this so "discovered" is quite the Big. Fat. Lie, but still. I thought I'd share. I'm really useless after 5pm....Posted by Lani at 7:59 AM | Comments (2)
Feelin' the Love...
Lani, grinning from ear to ear... I know, I know, it's Thursday and I'm stealing Michelle's thunder (sorry, Michelle) but I have guilt for forgetting that yesterday was Wednesday until it was late and then I was tired and my...Posted by Lani at 1:15 PM | Comments (4)
There Once Was A Lady From Nantucket...
Lani, feeling really lame... I got nothing. I'm sorry. I've been in my office writing all day, trying to get a proposal for the next book in to my editor on time, and the well hath run dry. I thought...Posted by Lani at 4:00 PM | Comments (7)
Butt Language
Lani, forgetting it's Wednesday... Hey. Wow. It's Wednesday. I forgot. Which wouldn't be a big deal if, you know, Wednesday wasn't my blogging day. So now, at the very last minute, I'm going to do something for which my five-year-old,...Posted by Lani at 8:36 PM | Comments (5)
Hobo Cat
Lani, riding the convenient wave of coincidence... Hey, all! Sorry to be so MIA. I spent last weekend at the hospital bedside of my eldest daughter, Sweetness, who'd had an "asthmatic episode" triggered by pneumonia. Poor kid. Whenever anything happens,...Posted by Lani at 9:32 AM | Comments (4)
Who'da thunk?
Lani, in a whole new world... For some reason, the last few weeks have been weeks of discovery for me. This usually happens when I emerge from a book, ready to actually notice the world around me. Suddenly, it's like...Posted by Lani at 6:35 PM | Comments (6)
Crudely Yours, Lani
Lani, now with shiny new street cred... Author's Note: Since I'll have company over the holiday, and Saturday is my posting day, I'm gonna post this now and take the slack over the next week. Then, in January, I'm back!...Posted by Lani at 9:34 AM | Comments (4)
Nog me
Lani, from the nog bowl... Well, there's nothing like shopping for Christmas at the last minute, is there? Actually, I wouldn't know even if there was, because I've never done it any other way. I know, hard to fathom, me,...Posted by Lani at 9:36 PM | Comments (1)
Choppy Thoughts
Lani, from Choppy Thought Central... Sorry, folks. Alesia, Michelle and I have all been MIA lately, and we apologize. Alesia and I are both on tight deadline, and Michelle just moved into her special I'm-A-Real-Person apartment, and is doing all...Posted by Lani at 10:10 PM | Comments (2)
Gratitude, Among Other Things...
Lani, writing from Dante's Fifth Ring Of Hell... ... also known as SickKid-Ville. Yargh. So, because I've got sick kids, and I've been sick, and because I have to go out in a few minutes and edit a PSA for...Posted by Lani at 8:51 AM | Comments (4)
How I amuse myself...
Lani, writing from lovely Syracuse... You know, there's something that happens to you when you become a parent. Or, rather, happened to me when I became a parent. Well, when I became a parent of kids old enough to watch...Posted by Lani at 4:52 PM | Comments (5)
He's So Lovely
Lani, writing from lovely Syracuse... Had a great day today. Went to the movies with a girlfriend and saw Lovely Colin in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Many people don't like this movie, but I loved it because Lovely...Posted by Lani at 8:44 PM | Comments (3)
CWaP
Lani, writing on her lazy laptop lying on the lazy couch... Hey, dig me! I haven't blogged in over a week! La-hooo-ser! Thanks so much to the super-cool Lit Chicks who picked up the slack for me. Love ya, girls!...Posted by Lani at 2:55 PM | Comments (3)
Shutter Bug
Lani, writing from the swank digs in Seattle... I slept for 10 hours last night. Ah. Nirvana. Last night we went to Elliott Bay Books in Seattle, and a couple of girls from my Chick Lit RWA chapter came by...Posted by Lani at 1:16 PM | Comments (8)
I Heart Warner
Lani, from the swank digs... Well, I made it to Portland just fine, and the flights were lovely. I got bumped up to First Class (woo hoo!) and it was a lot of fun bringing the white trash element that...Posted by Lani at 9:20 AM | Comments (8)
Up In The Air
Lani, about to get on a plane, nervous as hell... Well, I'm on my way. Almost. If anyone here is in Portland or Seattle, check out my webpage and stop on in and see me for one of the events!...Posted by Lani at 10:38 AM | Comments (0)
DVR me, ASAP
Lani, writing from the glamorous closet... It's official. I have arrived. On a Greyhound, but still. (The bus, not the dog.) Anyway, not one but two people, completely by coincidence, blogged about forging my signature on my books today. I'm...Posted by Lani at 11:48 PM | Comments (2)
The Big Vote
Lani, writing from the glamorous closet... Okay, before I get started, I just have to say... I'm really diggin' Alesia's Patty stories. Of course, now I'm even more motivated to never join a gym, but to Alesia, I just have...Posted by Lani at 2:40 PM | Comments (2)
Junior High Redux
Lani, writing in the small pocket of time while her mother hits the Wal-Mart... Oh. My. God. I'm. So. Tired. Got back from the New Jersey conference and moved straight into a visit with my mother, who came up to...Posted by Lani at 9:36 AM | Comments (1)
Social Implosion
Lani, writing from the glamorous closet, in her pajamas... Well, we're off to the races. Michelle is in the air right now, on her way to New Jersey, and Alesia is in New York City, I believe. Me, I'm procrastinating...Posted by Lani at 7:56 PM | Comments (4)
Big Spaz
Lani, writing from the glamorous closet, in her pajamas... This is the big day, the Day My First Book Releases. In my life, there will only be one of these. And strangely... it's a little anticlimactic. I've been getting reports...Posted by Lani at 8:29 AM | Comments (11)
Trumped
Lani, writing from the closet, in her pajamas... Hey, all! Just popping in from the middle of revisions to say hello. I know we've been kind of MIA, but poor Michelle is in Rotterdam trying to convince the Dutch that...Posted by Lani at 12:55 PM | Comments (3)
Big, Fat, Ugly, Green Lightbulb
Lani, writing from the very glamorous closet... You know that moment when you realize something about yourself that's probably been obvious to everyone else but you never knew and then the lightbulb goes off and the lighting isn't necessarily flattering?...Posted by Lani at 9:06 AM | Comments (4)
Byte Me, A Cautionary Tale
Lani, writing from the very glamorous closet... There are a couple of golden rules about computers. One, don't under any circumstances ever buy a Compaq. Ever. Two, the more you know about computers, the more that knowledge will come back...Posted by Lani at 2:11 PM | Comments (1)
SkipperSkadder
Lani, writing from the very glamorous closet... For those of you wondering what's going on with the "virate" part of the triumvirate, Michelle has been "moving house" as the Brits say, from New Jersey to The Netherlands. I secretly believe...Posted by Lani at 7:09 AM | Comments (0)
Mother of the Yeaarrrr
Lani, writing from the very glamorous closet... Those of you who have sauntered over from my old blog might remember my whole Mother of the Yeaarrrrrr schtick. Well, for those of you who were worried, I'm still Mother of the...Posted by Lani at 8:48 AM | Comments (4)
No Such Thing As An Original Idea
Lani, writing from the very glamorous closet... Under today's Interesting Link, I have to submit this. Who knew that origami martini glasses actually existed? And here I thought I was being all original. Pffft....Posted by Lani at 8:13 AM | Comments (1)
Introducing... Lani
Lani, writing from the very glamorous closet... Okay. The basics on me. As of this writing, I'm 33, with all the cynicism of a fifty-year-old single mom and all the emotional maturity of an 18-year-old boy. Makes life very interesting...Posted by Lani at 9:53 AM | Comments (0)
