Month: January 2011

  • Writerly Wednesday

    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…

  • 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…

  • Two notes

    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…

  • A few thoughts on reviews

    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…

  • Digesting

    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…