Two Guardian Angels, and One Very Naughty Girl Scout |
Two Guardian Angels, and One Very Naughty Girl Scout
Well, besides being a very naughty blogger, let's see it's been how long...? I've become our troop's worst girl scout mom. Besides sayin...
Posted by April Lurie on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:14:00 PST |
Preparing for a Meltdown |
Preparing for a Meltdown
My daughter, Liz, is leaving for Spain on Tuesday. She's going to live in Madrid and teach English as a foreign language. I'll be driving her to the airport, and saying go...
Posted by April Lurie on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:27:00 PST |
Tough Girls |
Tough Girls
As far as I know, Vincent didn't paint any tough girls, so I decided to go with Manet this morning. I've always loved this piece because even though the barmaid looks like she can thr...
Posted by April Lurie on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:40:00 PST |
Waiting for the Chill |
I'm posting Vincent's Starry Night, hoping to hasten the cold front that is supposed to hit this weekend. I can't wait.
Some happy news: I just received the ARCs (advance reader copies) for Dyla...
Posted by April Lurie on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:34:00 PST |
Stretching |
This week I've been doing something completely new and different - stretching myself by reading poetry. Because the narrator of my WIP, 16-year-old Noah, is an aspiring poet/songwriter, and because...
Posted by April Lurie on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:36:00 PST |
Lying Around...Thinking |
Yes, it's true. That's what we writers have to do sometimes, especially if our WIP is, well, not working. Friday night, I asked my very supportive, very honest husband, Ed, to read a few chapters of m...
Posted by April Lurie on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:14:00 PST |
SLJ Review |
Whew, Brothers, Boyfriends ... survived SLJ, which has been a pretty tough review journal lately. Here's a quote: "...the colorful characters, including a bad boy rocker with whom Ap...
Posted by April Lurie on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:11:00 PST |
Licking Frost and Eating Moss |
Yes, it's a hill, painted by Vincent, but for now we'll pretend it's a mountain. Here's why: While reading the novel, After Dark, by Haruki Murakami, I came across an interesting story told by one o...
Posted by April Lurie on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:35:00 PST |
Todays Muse |
Well, yes, it's a skull. Like Vincent, I have a thing for skulls, and if you've read Brothers, Boyfriends... you know that April (my narrator) has a collection of skull candles that drip blood (red wa...
Posted by April Lurie on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:32:00 PST |
Tribute to Vincent |
One of the highlights of our trip to Paris last year was visiting the Musse d'Orsay. I love impressionist and post-impressionist art, and Vincent is one of my favs, so I thought I'd begin each b...
Posted by April Lurie on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:06:00 PST |
