tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post6426811036856679521..comments2023-08-06T05:53:49.308-07:00Comments on The Former Anne Spollen's Author Blog Is Being Retitled to "Notes from Living Upghetto": Of Bums and BlogsAnne Spollenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-34670177050737785342010-07-30T11:33:34.248-07:002010-07-30T11:33:34.248-07:00I think I may be wrong about #3 - everyone who kno...I think I may be wrong about #3 - everyone who knows me and read this tells me I am a hard worker who doesn't do a whole lot of sitting. Maybe I should rephrase it to "I am happy being home with the kids and working really hard on writing. I sort of don't need a job-job to feel fulfilled."<br /><br />Yes, I knew there were other folks who didn't work on just one story at a time. So what if you actually get it done - it's so much more interesting to be at work on a few, right?Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-67691292821982952312010-07-29T22:44:28.399-07:002010-07-29T22:44:28.399-07:00Except for your numbers 3 and 6, this is ME. I alw...Except for your numbers 3 and 6, this is ME. I always have several stories going at once -- both very intensely -- and I can't even take myself seriously (or rather, I do, but I don't want anybody to see this because I sound like a ninny when I talk about my plots and ideas). But I could never be a cat: the diet would kill me, and I like yoga stretches, but if I'm honest with myself, I can't really climb trees or leap from perch to perch. <br /><br />I love those kittens. Last year, we had a cat we called Baby because nothing else stuck. Her new people still call her Baby and she's a good-sized cat by now.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-50548083810007821232010-07-27T09:59:06.281-07:002010-07-27T09:59:06.281-07:00Hope you like LBF, Medeia. It's for a younger ...Hope you like LBF, Medeia. It's for a younger reader than Shape of Water. And yeah, it is nice to let them share the stories you write with teens.<br /><br />Thanks, Nora! Flux has some really great covers on their books and the website is completely teen made - they even took the photo of me for the website.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-91816588820340833592010-07-26T11:24:10.012-07:002010-07-26T11:24:10.012-07:00I love the cover of your book. Beautiful! The we...I love the cover of your book. Beautiful! The website is well done, too.Nora MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00575333078760106784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-78212768101830964362010-07-26T09:13:38.866-07:002010-07-26T09:13:38.866-07:00Yes, I liked it a lot. Teens are so handy with te...Yes, I liked it a lot. Teens are so handy with tech stuff. I am too, but sometimes it's nice to put things in their hands. I have Light Beneath Ferns and can't wait to read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-68718292189074191982010-07-26T09:09:21.273-07:002010-07-26T09:09:21.273-07:00I think the kittens will forever be "the kitt...I think the kittens will forever be "the kittens" so I understand your tiny ones, Medeia. <br /><br />Hope you like the website. I like "teen made" tech -- and I meant by #3 that I don't need a job, like teaching. I could write and hang out with my kids and be utterly happy.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-77118807082051778052010-07-25T23:10:20.105-07:002010-07-25T23:10:20.105-07:00I'll check out your website.
My cats are four...I'll check out your website.<br /><br />My cats are four years old and I still call them "tiny ones."<br /><br />I'm surprised at your #3. I judged from your blog that you were industrious. But then again, I take a lot of naps. I don't know how I get things done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-77998186608370021142010-07-20T08:01:27.880-07:002010-07-20T08:01:27.880-07:00Carolina, maybe better yet when one of the kitties...Carolina, maybe better yet when one of the kitties comes blinking sleepily from a nap under the sofa with dust on her whiskers. That would loosen them up.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-21615561822357238422010-07-19T20:40:53.206-07:002010-07-19T20:40:53.206-07:00My dear, I think we'd get on famously. Except ...My dear, I think we'd get on famously. Except I don't have a single cat. I will have to live vicariously through you. But I have plenty of dust, and I have no idea what to do with people who take themselves so seriously either. Perhaps they need a cat and a little dust to lighten up.<br /><br />(congrats on your award!)Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-3834272477399572922010-07-19T09:25:58.902-07:002010-07-19T09:25:58.902-07:00You're welcome, Kells!
But you forget: the e...You're welcome, Kells! <br /><br />But you forget: the endless laundry, all the pet poop,<br />the cooking, the teen angst in the middle of the night, the weeds in the garden...but thanks. <br /><br />Good luck on the novella -- let me know how it goes.Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-25795924271710361352010-07-18T17:49:14.955-07:002010-07-18T17:49:14.955-07:00Can I spend the summer at your house, Anne? I want...Can I spend the summer at your house, Anne? I want to come work in the herb garden, play with the kittens, hang around with teenagers and write great novels. Wait, no -- do I want to BE you? I think so...thanks again for helping me the other night.<br /><br />Kelly : )))))Kellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-62015165749115579112010-07-18T15:39:10.245-07:002010-07-18T15:39:10.245-07:00Hot weather makes me feel feline also - nap and ba...Hot weather makes me feel feline also - nap and bath weather. Yea, the kittens are really, really cute.<br /><br />I'm not sure what it is about those virtual tours - escape? seeing houses without cat condos and giant sized teen sneakers all over the floors? But I keep going back...Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837908059809422462.post-27852251112552479172010-07-18T11:49:55.175-07:002010-07-18T11:49:55.175-07:00I feel like a cat today, lazy and inclined to slee...I feel like a cat today, lazy and inclined to sleep. Your kittens are so adorable and fluffy!<br /><br />My mom goes on virtual real estate tours online too. I don't know how she manages to fit them in between watching House Hunters episodes, though.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.com