classical music (sang in an opera chorus), figuring out how to get the elliptical machine to charge rechargable batteries for my son's thousand electronic toys, oh, and cooking. I like cooking. Except when it keeps me from writing.
Music
Jack Johnson, Damien Rice, JayHawks, Ben Folds, Dar Williams, Marina Domashenko singing saint-saens or bizet or strauss, just getting started here. Have to go back and make sure it stops saying I'm single and don't want kids.
About me: I live in New Jersey and can't believe my kids have Jersey accents (I grew up in Boston, with a brief stop in Georgia and only had a fabulous southern accent for about a year when I was 4). I write books, I have a webpage www.gwendolengross.com and I drink too much coffee. But it's decaf. I used to ice climb and do a lot of caving and backpacking, but right now, it's mostly dayhikes and a lot of laundry. But then there's the writing.
**THE OTHER MOTHER WILL BE IN OK MAGAZINE AUGUST 16th!**
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Who I'd like to meet: other writers, other readers, and of course people who read my books, because I'm not all that vain, but hopeful. If people love your books, you get to write more books, and that means you don't have to spend as much time doing the laundry.
Oh, and Obies. I went to Oberlin. Even though it's a long commute to Cleveland, there are some extraordinary people there.
Reading this book is therapy for moms who work, stay at home moms and those that do a bit of both. It was a real eye opener and validated a lot emotions about the ups and downs of both roles. Mostly it reminds me of what is REALLY important: life.
Hi Gwen! Wishing you an abundant and joyful holiday season. :) Liz PS I'm celebrating my deal with St. Martin's for Death Will Help You Leave Him ,the follow-up to Death Will Get You Sober.
Hi Gwen, Long time no speak! How are you? I miss chatting w/ you :) We were in Jersey in May , had a good time w/ hubby's family. Thought about you while I was out there. :) Take care, xoxo
THE SMOKING POET: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – FALL 2008!
THE SMOKING POET publishes flash fiction; fiction; nonfiction; poetry; feature author interview; feature poet; feature artist (by invitation only); book and cigar reviews. We publish work that ignites our imagination, inflames our passion, leaves us with a smoky aftertaste. The Smoking Poet also shares an extensive list of links and resources for writers and the cigar aficionado.
Submissions open year round. Send with editor’s attention in subject line: poetry to Zinta Aistars; fiction to Russell Rowland; general non-fiction and cigar themed fiction/ non-fiction/poetry and cigar reviews to J. Conrad Guest. For book reviews, please query first.
Just wanted to give you a heads up that my latest forensic crime thriller, Freezer Burn, is coming out June 3! It will be available in bookstores everywhere next week, and it’s available for preorder on Amazon right now! I'll be doing a bunch of events in and around Philadelphia. For details, see my profile, or my main profile atwww. myspace. com/jonmcgoran. .. Thanks for the friendship!
Hey lady! How are you? How is the family? We're good. I'm pregnant, again. The kids are good, getting bigger and bigger. I just wanted to wish you a Happy Mother's Day.
Following My Heart, a memoir, chronicles a life-journey of self-discovery that encompasses sex, spirituality, psychedelics, political activism and literature. It is an unconventional story of love and hope in difficult times.
The City, my seventh novel, spans nearly fifty years in the lives of Theo Demetrios, his sister ArtD, their parents, lovers and friends from beat era San Francisco to the twenty-first century. The title also alludes to the ancestral home of the Demetrios family.
Both books, published by Persona Press, are now available in bookstores.
WE NEED YOUR VOTE!!! Help the SaVirtual Theatre’s Zombie House 452 become a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. Our House 452 myspace ZOMBIE series is currently in a competition at www. massify. com. If we win a major studio will produce our project for the BIG SCREEN. You can help us do something really great with the ZOMBIE genre, but to do this we need your vote. Go to www. massify. com, and register. Massify will SEND YOU A VERIFICATION EMAIL once you’ve registered. People are forgetting to check their email to verify their email address and we’re losing votes. :-( After you’ve registered click on the pitches link. Then do a “pitch search” for “House 452.” When you find it click on the image of the eye. The next page will have blue box on it with a checkmark to vote. Click on the blue box. You should INSTANTLY see the vote count GO UP BY ONE and the blue box disappear. Thanks so much for the help. You can watch the video below for more information about my project and the competition. Monday is the LAST day of voting so we desperately need your help. It would be great if you could get some others to vote too. :-) Thanks so much.
Free Workshop with Waverly Fitzgerald, writing coach and author of Slow Time: Recovering the Natural Rhythm of Life
Saturday, March 8th 12:00 pm PST/3:00pm EST
Do you have difficulty setting priorities? Do you dream of finding ways to put yourself – and your art – first? Seattle-based writing coach Waverly Fitzgerald gives demonstrations and exercises so you can set your plans and goals, while honoring your own commitment to yourself. Using her own brand of organic time management – or “slow time” – Waverly also teaches the difference between natural and artificial time, and how to align the creative rhythms to nature’s own flow.
Participation is limited. Registration required for this free virtual workshop. To attend contact us via email at events@hercircleezine.com.
Hi sweet Gwen! I miss chatting with you! Hope you're Sat. is going better than mine - washing machine flooded! :( Just had the "carpet repair service" leave.) WHEW!! There's always tomorrow,right?! Huggs to you my friend! :)
