April 20th, 2007 by Brenda Scott Royce
As if I did not already have enough reasons to love Laura Zigman, author of one of my all-time favorite novels (Animal Husbandry), she went and wrote about me on her brant, and even posted both my book covers. I told her if she keeps this up, my love for her will be enough to cause my husband to take legal action. Continue reading Zany for Zigman
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March 28th, 2007 by Brenda Scott Royce
A few months ago I was pulled over for speeding. I’d actually seen the cruiser lying in wait, but purposely didn’t slow down, because I figured that would signal a guilty conscience. The first time I was ever pulled over—at age 16—was for going TOO SLOW in the fast lane. I’d seen the cop behind me and froze. So this time I deliberately maintained the speed I’d been going, which was only slightly above the posted limit of 40 (what, did you think I was a speed demon?!) Continue reading No Laughing Matter
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January 26th, 2007 by Brenda Scott Royce
I lisped as a child. One of my most vivid memories of elementary school—aside from falling off the monkey bars and landing face first in the dirt—is of standing in line in class while some other kids asked me to recite the classic “she sells seashells” tongue-twister. I complied, and they giggled. They asked me to do it again. I did, and they giggled some more. Since to my ear, the phrase sounded perfectly fine, I thought that I just had naturally hilarious delivery. I could even make seashells funny. I was a comic genius. Continue reading Haunted by Sibilants
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November 19th, 2006 by Brenda Scott Royce
I mentioned in an earlier post that I didn’t even like coffee when I began frequenting Starbucks– I just wanted a place to sit and write without distractions. But once I learned to tolerate the taste of coffee, it was a slippery slope to full-fledged addiction. Continue reading Okay, So I Have a Problem
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November 7th, 2006 by Brenda Scott Royce
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November 1st, 2006 by Brenda Scott Royce
Authors often lament finding their books for sale online for cut-rate prices, sometimes immediately after release. That’s part of the game, I guess, and it’s certainly been true for my books. But I’m even more shocked and amazed when I find my books for sale ABOVE cover price. Take this person, who has been hawking one of my old books on eBay for $500. Continue reading Beyond the Bargain Bin
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October 10th, 2006 by Brenda Scott Royce
My two-year-old was injured on the playground at his preschool yesterday. Through all the tears (and there have been a lot of them in the past 48 hours), we’ve also laughed a bit, too. When I first arrived at the school, he was screaming and holding his arm. He wouldn’t let anyone touch it. He wouldn’t even let me give it a get-well kiss. I asked if he’d let anyone kiss his boo-boo and he immediately replied, Superman. (Actually, he said, “Soupman,” which made me envision a man in tights with a Campbell’s soup logo emblazoned across his chest.) Continue reading Soupman to the Rescue
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September 23rd, 2006 by Brenda Scott Royce
Anyone who has read my book, Monkey Love—or spent more than say, five minutes in my company—knows that I’m addicted to Starbucks. Six years ago, when I quit my full-time book editing job to become a freelancer, I started haunting the local Starbucks to get away from the many distractions of home. Continue reading Say It Ain’t So, Starbucks
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September 2nd, 2006 by Brenda Scott Royce
Since this is my first blog entry on my new website, I think an ice-breaker is in order. In college, I dreaded professors who started the semester with some lame meet-and-greet exercise. (“Everyone say your name, major, and why you’re here!”) Continue reading Smart, Funny, and Almost Human
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