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    I'm a journalist who spends my Mondays through Fridays writing other people's stories, a chronic procrastinator who needs structure. I once quit my job to write a book and like most writers, I made up excuses why I couldn't keep at it.

    My boyfriend fiancé husband Joe (and new baby Henry) like to sleep in late on the weekends, which means I end up browsing celebrity tabloid websites while our dog snores under the covers.

    I created Lance to better spend that time. I thought maybe it would jump start a second attempt at writing a novel.

    I'm itching to get The Move On, as my dad likes to say. I'm 26 27 28 29 and I'm afraid if I don't start now, I'll get caught up in something else.

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Archive for October, 2011

Nano Nano

31 Oct 2011

  Last night I walked into the living room with a bowl of Halloween candy for Joe to distribute to our trick-or-treaters. (Note: I will not be home tonight for Halloween. I’m “celebrity” judging a costume contest at a burlesque show in Sarasota, so Joe has been tasked with handing out our loot. ) I [...]

The forest through the trees

22 Oct 2011

[ A little baby bliss goes a long way. ] Swinging in this tree, in this backyard, with this little boy on my lap takes me back to a place I’ve not been in awhile. It takes me back to my childhood, to the days I spent lounging in the sun, reading Alice In Wonderland, [...]

Envelope brainstorming

20 Oct 2011

I write post ideas on anything I can get my hands on. Sometimes the only thing I can get my hands on is an envelope. This is a Blue Cross and Blue Shield envelope. Inside is a statement explaining Henry’s health care coverage. On the outside I’ve scribbled a laundry list of Lance topics. • [...]

The long and short of it

17 Oct 2011

So I was thinking … Since I’ve got a full plate right now and since it’s bugging the hell out of me that I’m too busy to write the lengthy narratives I sooo love writing for you guys … I ask you: Is it better to have frequent, but shorter and less thoughtful posts? Or [...]

Mon ami needs your vote!

09 Oct 2011

You’ve met Ricci and Mbaye before. Ricci is one of my nearest and dearest girlfriends. We met six years ago at the newspaper I still write for. In 2008, she left Florida to work as a freelance multimedia journalist in West Africa, where she met and fell in love with a handsome Senegalese soccer player [...]

Portrait of a baby who (used to) sleep at night

01 Oct 2011

It’s about 2 a.m. I’m sitting here in my dark office, waiting for my sister Holly (otherwise known as Heelya) to get here. She’s on route from Myrtle Beach. We’re running the tri together Sunday. Henry is asleep, which is a rare and beautiful thing these days. We’ve had a rough couple weeks. He’s been [...]

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