Apparently, one or two people read this blog, and are annoyed that ever since I became a snowbird and moved to LA, I’ve stopped updating it. Listen, it’s hard to blog when you’re outside all the time. In New York, when you’re hunched over your computer all day, there’s nothing to do but blog. That said, I have decided to rededicate myself to updating my loyal five’s of readers on this writer’s life. So for starters, look out for the March 29 issue of New York Magazine, on newsstands in New York this coming Monday. I’ve contributed something to that issue and I’m rather proud of it. More on that once it’s out.
In other news, I’ve been back in New York for a week, now, doing nothing but work (Glamour deadlines up the wazoo), and the best thing about it is the realization that I love New York. Every six months or so, I get so fed up with riding the subway and dealing with the muttering unwashed masses and schizophrenic weather I vow I’m going to leave the city forever. Then I move to Portland, OR, or LA, or upstate for a few months, and by the time I return, I am back in the “love” phase of my love-hate relationship with this city. I would liken New York to a bad boyfriend if I it weren’t for that damn Sex and the City, which co-opted every relationship analogy there is. So we’re back “on,” for now. And I don’t want to hear any flack from the girlfriends I’ve complained to, because New York has been very good to me at times.
March 17th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
I enjoy your updates, so keep them coming! Also, I envy the opportunities you have to move around.
How’d you feel about Portland? C’mon. What is there not to love about Portland!?
-cbm
March 17th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Are you kidding? I LOVED Portland. Lived there for a few months while finishing my book, then went back a bunch of times. I’m trying to figure out a good weekend to fly up in the next few months (while I’m in LA.) I made lots of friends there.
March 18th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Did you? Because I’m thinking of going this summer to write in Portland.
March 18th, 2010 at 10:50 am
I check your website everyday! LOL! I love & miss you. When are you coming back to Texas for a visit? Ya kno your missed down here!
March 23rd, 2010 at 6:07 am
I’m one of the two people that read your blog and follow you around (almost) like a puppy. I understand when you don’t have the time to write, but I miss it anyway. I sometimes haven’t got the time to read, let alone write everyday. So, I understand. I love you and I can’t wait to read your book. I wish it was already for sale here in Portugal. The original with no translation. It’s true that a lot of things are lost in the translation. Love and sunny kisses.