Month: January 2011
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Hmm, haven’t had one of these in a while… First up: Erika Liodice. Erika runs a great blog about getting “beyond the gray” — beyond the things that are separating you from your dream. I had the great honor of being interviewed by Erika about my recent decision to pursue writing full-time. (She called me a…
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Update: Apparently Amy Chua has defended Brett Kavanaugh, as well as her own husband, whose behavior as a professor at Yale has been questioned for being inappropriate. Given this, I cannot support her or her book. However, the post below is really about my mom and my relationship with her, not Chua’s book, so I…
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1. To whomever searched for “how to pronounce the namer kristan,” the answer is, just like Kristin or Kristen. But NOT like Christine, Christina, Kris-TAN, Christian, Kristy/Kristi, Krista, or Kirsten/Kiersten. Oh wait, I just noticed it says “namer,” not “name.” In that case, I have no idea. 2. After a final tally, December sales of Twenty-Somewhere…
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Last Tuesday night on the way home from work, my car slid on an icy patch and spun into a curb. I was fine, but my car needed some TLC. After the stress of getting towed, calling my insurance company like a billion times (note: they were great), only to end up paying out of…
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How do you feel now? That’s what everyone’s been asking now that the dust has settled around my decision. The succinct answer (for my father, who said he liked the Q&A format of my last post but that the A person rambled too much): I feel great. The longer answer (Dad, skip this paragraph): I…