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Pitcher Plant
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My daughter went with me on the hike through the Big Thicket, where we saw some lovely dormant pitcher plants. Yesterday, she came home with this little guy. What a lovely surprise! I hope I can keep it alive. My study isn’t much of a swamp, but I put it in water on my…
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Research Trip
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I just got back from a trip through East Texas, including hiking in the Big Thicket to see the carnivorous plants, visiting my hometown, seeing the Saratoga ghost lights, and searching for a hard-to-reach private cemetery. It was invigorating and exhausting at the same time, but it was worth it to add the final…
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Positivity
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So, a friend read my RENT post and said it was intense. I didn’t really mean for it to be. I’m a very positive person, especially about my writing career. I know I’m getting close to breaking through to a literary agent. I have more than one good book ready to go. The moment…
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NYT Book Review
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Every Sunday morning the New York Times slaps my driveway long before my day begins. Today, I awoke to the smell of muffins in the oven and the laughter of my family, happily baking away. They know I sleep in on Sundays. They plan for it. By the time I dragged my semi-conscious self…
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In print and on the interwebs
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I didn’t even know the book had been released. The official launch is next Friday. I’ll be doing a reading at Rice University. So thrilled. Buy it today! https://www.amazon.com/Out-Many-One-Celebrating-Diversity/dp/0996982434/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492655001&sr=8-1&keywords=out+of+many+one%3Acelebrating+diversity Get the word out Share List
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Log Truck
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So, no spoilers here, but there is a mention of a log truck in Austin in Jasper. No story set in East Texas could be without one, especially one set in a paper mill town. When I went in to Barnes and Noble today, this was staring at me: Austin’s voice inside me quivered with…