http://www.literarychicks.com/ Collective weblog of chick lit authors Michelle Cunnah, Beth Kendrick, Whitney Gaskell, Alesia Holliday, Eileen Rendahl and Lani Diane Rich. en-us lani@literarychicks.com 2007-06-26T16:54:18-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000881.html 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... 881@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Lani 2007-06-26T16:54:18-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000880.html but the endings are too sad My mother always used to say that every ending is simply a new beginning. Of course, this is the same woman who also sniffed my refrigerator every time she came to visit me for... 880@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Alesia 2007-06-25T15:28:25-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000879.html Hard to do... I'm such a wimp when it comes to good-byes. Really, I hate them. I could get all emotional and weepy and say what a blast and privilege it's been hanging here with all the cool chiclets, and... 879@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Michelle 2007-06-24T14:45:43-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000878.html And stay warm and pack extra socks, just in case This kinda feels like the day after college graduation, doesn’t it? You know, you’re hugging all your friends and patching up the nail holes in your dorm room wall with... 878@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Beth 2007-06-20T20:06:27-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000877.html . . . and so I face the final curtain. Have you ever really listened to the lyrics of “My Way”? Really freaking depressing. Anyway, this is not really my final curtain (thank God) . . . but it is... 877@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Whitney 2007-06-20T06:00:27-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000876.html So run alongside the car with me for just a moment, will you? Back when I was a little girl, we used to spend our summers at my grandparents' farm in Kentucky. Yes. My grandfather was a Jewish tobacco farmer... 876@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Eileen 2007-06-19T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000874.html In early 2004 I formed a life-altering (in a good way) friendship with two incredibly wonderful women; Michelle Cunnah and Alesia Holliday. We came together on a project that turned out the be short-lived, but we bonded like mad and... 874@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Site News 2007-06-18T06:00:00-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000875.html Is it trivial of me, do you think? Okay, so I have a problem with supermarkets and store discount cards. I never ever these days have a store discount card, even when I can do "buy one get one free,"... 875@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Michelle 2007-06-17T15:11:52-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000873.html 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,... 873@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Lani 2007-06-16T12:01:59-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000872.html I have no memory I used to have a fabulous memory. I could rattle off phone numbers, addresses, keep track of appointments and do it all in my head. I turned forty and it was like someone flicked a switch.... 872@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Eileen 2007-06-14T21:53:02-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000871.html I'm putting it all out there . . . It’s hard to have a secret life here in blogland. I’ve already admitted to my weaknesses for celebrity gossip, the Amazing Race and thrift stores. And, frankly? I’m not all that... 871@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Whitney 2007-06-13T06:00:00-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000870.html When what you say says more than you meant to say So I was over at my friend's house, grilling her about the life of a psychologist to use for a book idea I've got. Her husband (who happens also... 870@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Eileen 2007-06-12T07:00:00-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000869.html oh, the humiliation Sorry we've been somewhat MIA here at the LC lately; we're all going into summer with kids on vacation, deadlines breathing hot and heavy down our collective necks, and some mondo changes going on behind the scenes.... 869@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Alesia 2007-06-11T11:24:03-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000868.html Sometimes you just have to eat it or wear it I’m delighted to announce the publication of a brand spankin’ new anthology called Everything I Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, which includes essays by authors... 868@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Beth 2007-06-06T22:43:00-05:00 http://www.literarychicks.com/archives/000867.html On sleep and Sex and the City. Last night, while in the middle of a conversation with yours truly, my darling husband fell asleep. I think it had more to do with how exhausting his day was than my conversational... 867@http://www.literarychicks.com/ Whitney 2007-06-06T07:58:43-05:00