1935: Play

I’ve been spending my Sunday sewing velvet curtains for a puppet theater that my dad built for my nieces, Olivia and Iris. It is a belated Christmas present to them from him, and I offered my ~ahem~ skills as a sewer of straight edges and square and rectangular shapes (about all I can handle — […]

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Getting Closer

I’ve been so distracted lately — my dear sweet dog Frieda’s been quite sick, sad to say — that I’d almost let the Miss Abigail book slip my mind. But then the “uncorrected proofs” showed up in my mailbox today, and there it was, in my hands. Not the final thing, of course, but it […]

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Blooks

So apparently the idea of turning a website or blog into a book is the new hot thing! Check out this contest. Unfortunately my book comes out too late to submit an entry this year. Next year, for sure! Miss Abigail has been around a lot longer than blogging, so I’m glad they’ve included good […]

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Welcome

Hi everyone. I’ve decided to cave in to peer pressure and start a blog. All the cool kids are doing it, right? I’m going to use this to provide updates about my new book, which is due out in March 2006. Thunder’s Mouth Press in New York is publishing it, and it’s called Miss Abigail’s […]

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