I am a princess; this is my heart

Holly and Shaun can attest that I often am frustrated, given the five kid-free hours or so each week I get. Being constantly bombarded with requests and stories and needs (Aurora, in the event of injury, has taken to offering me different parts of her body to kiss, which is cute until it interrupts a business call) exhausts me — often before lunch.

But then something like what happened this morning happens, and I think that I should count these years at home with the kids as blessings, since I can always work outside the home while they will not be this young forever.

Getting Aurora dressed and I put on her skirt (I call it her Carrie Bradshaw skirt) and she said, “I look like a princess.” Then I put on her I Heart SF shirt, which Holly’s mother bought her, and Aurora touched the sequins heart and said, “This is my heart.”

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And I forgot that a few minutes earlier she had taken off her diaper, wiggled her bottom at me, and said,  ”It’s butt time,” — again, cute, except I was in the middle of a project that needed all of my attention — because she looks like a princess and she knows where her heart is.

 

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Blurbs about The Other Man

theothermanWhat some people are saying are saying about The Other Man anthology:

“Lust and jealousy bring out the worst in people, but the worst can
sometimes bring out the best in writers. This book is full of bad behavior
and ugly emotions, but it also contains some fine truths and excellent
storytelling.”

— Christopher Bram, author of “Gods and Monsters” and “Eminent Outlaws: Gay
Writers Who Changed America.”

“THE OTHER MAN brings together impassioned, witty, and powerful voices to
examine the difficult subject of infidelity and its effects on love, trust
and truth.”

— Dennis Palumbo, licensed psychotherapist and author of the
forthcoming “Night Terrors,” A Daniel Rinaldi Mystery. Dennis was nominated
for a WGA Award for Best Screenplay for “My Favorite Year” and was a former
staff writer for the ABC-TV series “Welcome Back, Kotter.”

“This amazingly artful collection of recollections by gay liars we’ve all
known or been is by turns sprightly, poignant, piquant, sexy, scary, keen,
naïve, heartbreaking.  Some had me laughing, some made me sad, some made we
want to dial 911.”

— Richard Stevenson, author of the Lambda Award-winning Don Strachey private eye novels.

“These personal essays, full of humor and pain, provide insight into the
emotional and sexual lives of the gay men who wrote them. Jealousy, guilt,
heartbreak, passionate sex, joy, and acceptance. There is something for
everyone in here, regardless of your sexual orientation. Truly a delight to
read such great writing.”

— Regina Anavy, Writer/Editor/Essayist

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The Other Man on YouTube

A contributor to The Other Man anthology created this great video about it:

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Niagara Falls Comic Con

Shaun and I took the kids to Niagara Falls Comic Con over the weekend. Avery had been to a comic con before, but this con was Aurora’s first. She slept during some of it, and passersby quipped that she had the right idea, especially when we were waiting in line to meet George Perez. Along with meeting him, we met Leonard Kirk (X-Factor, New Mutants, Captain Britain and M13) and Marc Silvestri (X-Men). A longtime fan of Marc’s work, he and his wife, Bridget, won me over even more with the way they were with Avery — who makes friends wherever he goes.

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Added to my sketch collection, with a Phoenix by Perez; Illyana Rasputin (Magik) by Kirk; and Betsy Braddock (Psylocke, pre-Asian conversion) by Silvestri.

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The Novel Approach reviews The Other Man anthology

Is monogamy a natural human state, or is it a concept which sounds lovely in poetic theory but is not practical in the reality of interpersonal relationships? Is there a thinly drawn boundary line between sexual infidelity and emotional infidelity?

We all know sex and emotion are mutually exclusive propositions, so once we’ve committed ourselves to someone, can the physical line be crossed without betraying the emotional bond forged with a partner? Are their certain acts, kissing, for example, or being with someone else more than once, that, if they are subtracted from the equation are capable of warding off the consequences of infidelity? Or is cheating, cheating? Is there a difference between an excuse and a reason and, if there is, does that difference matter?

These are just a few of the many things Lisa Horan reflected on while reading The Other Man, and the conclusion she came to is that monogamy is a personal practice and relationships are as unique as the people involved in them. There isn’t a set of one-size-fits-all rules to accommodate every relationship, but one thing she learned for sure is that everyone ought to be sure he’s on the same page of the story before a twosome becomes anything more than that.

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A percentage of each copy you buy goes to the “It Gets Better Project.”

 

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Pretty in Pink

Aurora, drinking chocolate milk, watching a Curious George movie for the sixth time today, and saying “PBS Kids” whenever the cartoon ends. Then, “More, daddy,” though she knows as well as I do how to press play on the remote to trigger the movie to restart.

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Julianne Moore at BEA

Julianne Moore returned to Book Expo America this year. I think Holly has met her twice at the annual convention, and I’ve now met her twice — if you can actually “meet” someone more than one time. Instead of promoting a book in her “Freckleface Strawberry” series, Julianne was promoting her forthcoming, “My Mom Is A Foreigner, But Not To Me.”

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