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The Book

Hello, Amazon!

November 24, 2008 by Caryn Leave a Comment

So I just set up my “AmazonConnect” thingy, which means that what I write here now appears—I think—below the description for Mama’s Got a Fake I.D.: How to Reveal the Real You Behind All that Mom. Pretty cool. Trouble is, I have no idea what to say right now. I’m writing because Amazon said, “You’re done. […]

Filed Under: Book Questions, Random Ramblings, The Book

I Got Nothing

July 18, 2008 by Caryn Leave a Comment

So after nearly a month of not posting anything here—because I’ve been squeezing every moment out of my days trying to make revisions to my book,  keep on top of my regular editing gig, line up some speaking things, help plan a Moms Night Out at my church, put at least some dishes in the dishwasher and some clothes in the washer, and […]

Filed Under: kids, Motherhood, Random Ramblings, Speaking, The Book

Out of My Own Box

May 23, 2008 by Caryn 4 Comments

After taking way too many days crafting a “speaker-introduction letter” to pimp myself out for speaking gigs, I’ve spent the afternoon sending out these letters to various churches and MOPS groups and the like. This does NOT come naturally to me. There is, after all, a reason why I’m a writer and not, say, a concert […]

Filed Under: Random Ramblings, Speaking, The Book

Sick of Myself

April 16, 2008 by Caryn 1 Comment

When I started writing my book a few months back, a friend of mine—who once wrote a book of his own—gave me some advice for when “you hate your book.” While in the midst of writing it (and write it I did—I turned it in to my editor on time three weeks ago!) I never […]

Filed Under: Identity, Motherhood, Random Ramblings, The Book

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