Archive for April, 2008

This is a very funny clip my friend Jen Angelo sent to me about writers and agents/editors. It’s very short but it cuts to the core of why the business of writing is so very different than the artistic end of it. So, if you need a chuckle because you are a writer or need [...]

The Miley Cyrus scandal has me thinking… What is so disturbing about that photo? Beyond the idea we’re all hiding our nudity while peeking at everyone else’s every chance we get (except me with my brave nude knee photos…how transparent am I?), I think the problem with the photo is that she actually looks like [...]

Okay, I won’t have access to a computer tomorrow morning and because I’m making blogging part of my life again, I want to be sure something fresh is up to entice my happy readers. I scoured the internet–my usual blog-haunts, my trashy celeb sites, my own life…and I got nothing people. So, I’m going to [...]

DSC00869 Originally uploaded by kathieshoop   Ugh, it’s here, Friday and the shot of my fat knee. I can’t disappoint, right? I know there are scores of fans out there awaiting the next flabby shot. Well, I’ve lost nine pounds so far. And you know you’re fat when the loss of nine pounds DOESN’T yeild [...]

Okay, in my attempt to blog more, I’m really reaching and bring to you an artsy debate that some will like and others will turn, running and screaming to the next website they can quickly click to… So, yesterday I’m reading the paper and there’s an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the Carnegie and [...]

DSC00832 Originally uploaded by kathieshoop How cute are these little fellas? Nothing like opening day. Who needs overpaid, burly, fatmen to signal the coming of warmer weather when you have little guys like this? I know, I know, stop it with the parental gushiness. Still…tell me that’s not adorable.

Fat Friday Originally uploaded by kathieshoop   Well, Fat Friday is here. I’m not going to mince words regarding my weight as I have enough padding on my ass to avoid padding the way I talk about it. Okay, I’m not that brave. If I were, there would be a nude photo of me above [...]

DSC00748 Originally uploaded by kathieshoop Well, this is the crew that inspired my WIP, the one I’m about to Query. It’s still untitled, but without a doubt it’s the strongest thing I’ve written yet. My other book that didn’t sell and the one my agent turned down were both deemed "small and quiet." While this [...]

DSC00593 Originally uploaded by kathieshoop Okay, so she’s not on the prairie. She’s on the edge of our woods, taking pictures of a lone ranger of a daffodil. See the tatoo on her arm? I just realized it was made in China. What are the chances it’s leeching toxins into her skin by the second? [...]

Guy plunges into the billowy leather couch and rips his baseball hat off, hand over forehead. Counter Girl: What’s the matter with you? Guy:  Aaaa, um tired. Hung right over. Counter Girl:  hung over, huh? Guy:  Aaaaa, yeah, just nine beers or so. Counter Girl: I’d be dead with nine beers. Guy: I took it [...]