Formatting Final – I did it!
Done! Finished! Finito! I finished the formatting of my novel. Can’t say it was easy. Man! Now it is in the hands of my beloved editor Karine. And hopefully she will find zero mistakes. She then has to bring it back to me, hand it over and its off to the printer. I’m plotzing here!
Pomegranate Month!
Every year in November I’m reminded of how lucky I am to live in Israel. When did I ever get to see olives being pressed in Manhattan? When could I ever be part of a pomegranate festival on the Upper West Side? Albeit I miss Zabars, Fairway and most of all – Bloomingdales – but […]
Addiction Abort! Farewell FarmVille
FarmVille has taken over my life. I wake up in the morning wondering when I have to plow my fields. I go to bed at night thinking about which crops to plant. I’m sending gifts, receiving gifts, trawling around my email accounts and Facebook contacts wondering who I can convince to join me as a […]
Ellipsis or Elliptical?
There’s a line from the movie “Moonstruck” where the mother, played by Olympia Dukakis, tells the daughter, played by Cher, “Your life is in the toilet!”. Well, mine is in the ellipses! And it should be on the elliptical!
And its out the door!
And it’s gone! One more edit transferred into the waiting arms of Karine – my editor du jour. Actually, she’s much more than my editor du jour – she’s been my editor for three (3!) years. Yikes! I thought I’d be onto my third novel by now! I’ve learned a lot from this editing process. […]
Keyboard Fashion
My keyboard has a leopard skin coat, and I’m wearing schmatehs!