Monthly Archives: May 2006

I have had the loveliest weekend… This was the first weekend in the entire month of May where I didn’t have to fill up the car with ridiculously overpriced gas and drive up North or over the hill for some kind of function. No family obligations, no meetings or appointments, just 72 hours of uninterrupted […]

On Tuesday the Dixie Chicks released their first CD since becoming country music outcasts. In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, Natalie Maines, onstage at a concert in London, made the following comment to the audience: “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.” Country music […]

This past weekend was quite significant for the Casher Family. We got to watch the baby (by a few minutes, lol) in our family, Eric, graduate from one of the most prestigious Law Schools in the country – Hastings College of the Law. My baby brother’s a lawyer ya’ll!!! We are all so incredibly proud… […]

This past weekend was quite significant for the Casher Family. We got to watch the baby (by a few minutes, lol) in our family, Eric, graduate from one of the most prestigious Law Schools in the country – Hastings College of the Law. My baby brother’s a lawyer ya’ll!!! We are all so incredibly proud… […]

So in celebration of John turning the big 2-8 (Happy Birthday JJ!), we went out to dinner last night and tied one on… Let me tell ya, I am NOT in my 20’s anymore folks, lol. Can we say lightweight?!?! Anyways, in the throes of our lushdom, we launched into another one of our super-deep […]

So last weekend I was sitting down to write, and was having a difficult time getting into the proper headspace. This happens to me frequently — a consequence of trying to write romance novels when one is romance-deprived in real life, lol. Last year when I was suffering from this problem, John gave me the […]

Dear God, please make it stop… So the President has now decided that immigration is the most important problem facing our nation. Oh Dubya… Sometimes I think the Bush Administration has a serious case of ADD. Hello – what about the war in Iraq that’s killing our nation’s sons and fathers for no dang reason??? […]

Today is a very important anniversary for me… Today marks six months since the last time I bought a pack of cigarettes… SIX MONTHS people. As someone who’s considered herself a smoker since the age of sixteen, about fourteen (yikes!) years, six months is a pretty big deal. I feel odd saying that I’ve “quit” […]

Okay, funny thing about the pic of the cherry blossoms… I actually snapped that photo back in February, the first time I got excited about the coming of Spring… Before Rainy March and Rainy April and the freak snow in Santa Cruz. (Gotta love global warming!) I’ve been hesitant to do a blog on the […]

Wooo Hooo! I spent the weekend attending the SVARWA’s Prepare to Pitch! Conference in San Jose. Along with three tracks of seminars on everything from Plot to Marketing, each attendee was also guaranteed an 8 minute appointment with an editor or agent (we listed our top 3 preferences when we registered) and an opportunity to […]