Blog: Inner Thoughts, Opinions, & Ramblings

Being a regular exerciser doesn’t make you any friends among non-exercisers. I totally get it. I get the same feeling when I don’t compost around composters or when I eat bacon around vegans or others who are just more conscious globally. My sister-in-law recycles plastic forks, zip lock bags, wrapping paper, and eschews Tupperware. Tupperware! My self-esteem suffers greatly in her presence. It appears I care not for Mother Earth. I am Exxon Valdez, BP, Strip Mining.

My daughters were five and seven when I started the novel in 2006. Life is/was busy; my job, family, everyone’s overwhelming needs. They take a lot of maintenance those children. Apparently you have to feed them on a regular schedule or the court gets involved (*kidding).

I’m often asked what my inspiration was for writing a story about Maggie Finley, a quirky woman, filled to the brim with, a sort of hilarious fear. I love to write about parenting

I dedicated my book On Maggie’s Watch to Julie, Meghan and Ella. Julie and Meghan are my daughters and Ella? Well, today is a fitting day to answer the question of “Who is Ella?” Fifteen years ago today one of my very closest friends lost her child, Ella

If you like being a woman –my latest guest blog clarifies why http://bookingmama.blogspot.com/2010/12/book-club-exchange-ann-wertz-garvin.html

My writer’s notebook in my satin evening bag sits untouched. I stand apart from the polished, pore less, people murmuring about soccer schedules and the Indian summer we’re having. I try to join in, talk about my dress-a vintage number I thought was amazing in the store. I drink coffee to stay alert. I scan clusters of people looking for my husband. Instead, I spot a woman (read more….http://thediviningwand.com/2010/11/guest-ann-wertz-garvin-on-private-parts/)

1. Bookmarks or dog ears?
A little of both, I’m too unorganized to have a consistent system.

2. Dust jacket on or off when reading a hard back?
Off!

3. Favorite author?
Tennessee Williams, Erma Bombeck

3. Favorite genre’?
Women’s fiction

4. What is the best book you have read in the last year?
(read more at http://maryinhb.blogspot.com/2010/11/20-questions-with-ann-wertz-garvin.html)

I am so often asked what inspired me to write On Maggie’s Watch; a story of a woman so overcome by fear and possibility that she ventures out and takes matters into her own, often silly, hands.

Friends, who know me, know I have that kind of nut hidden inside me and the honest ones know they do too. (read more http://www.peekingbetweenthepages.com/2010/12/guest-post-with-ann-wertz-garvin-author.html
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http://thediviningwand.com/2010/11/ann-wertz-garvin-and-on-maggies-watch/

Giving this a try one hop at a time.