Lynne Simpson

This is as close as we’ve been able to get without upsetting their parents.

Or, How I Broke My Glasses and Both of Us Took a Dunk in the Lake So we bought this canoe yesterday, and since the weather was halfway decent this afternoon, we decided to take it out for a spin. Everything initially went off without a hitch. We climbed into the canoe and took off, [...]

Sounds like something Fisher Price would sell, doesn’t it? :-) As a matter of fact, if a Hello Kitty canoe had been available, I would’ve been ALL over that, and I bet a Fisher Price one would’ve been almost as cute. When I was at the mall earlier today buying some jeans for John, I [...]

One of the categories on my cell phone’s news reader is Strange News. Today, I read an article about a San Francisco couple who have been terrorizing their tenants so they can re-rent the apartments for more money. I had some crazy-ass landlords back when I used to rent, but none of them ever cut [...]

The recent discussions about review fraud on DearAuthor, SmartBitches, and Karen Scott’s blog have made me wonder if 5-star reviews from fellow writers actually work against the book instead of helping sales. For example, if I see a page full of glowing reviews and every last one of them comes from an author, I often [...]