Books
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My published books are, in reverse order, as follows:
. When Morgan the Bad grew the rest of the way up and became a lawyer and
had two little girls, Maggie and Ryan, I wrote a little book about being a
grandmother called The
Granny Diaries. (I wanted to call it Know When to Hold ‘Em:
Playing Your Cards Right as a Grandmother, but the marketing department
at Chronicle Books nixed it). It is coming out in March, 2008. I hope it will
be the first book for grandmothers that you don’t need an insulin shot
to read.
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You
Know You're a Writer When...
Review:
The best gifts come in teeny packages. Adair Lara, who taught us that Normal
is Just a Setting on the Dryer , has written a quick and witty
read, You Know You're a Writer When..., that'll
have writers laughing as they recognize themselves in Lara's list of quirky
hallmarks.
You know you're a writer when...
"...All your bedspreads have ink stains on them."
"...You secretly love your own handwriting."
"...You accidentally sign a check with your pen name."
This book, which came out in September, would make a great gift for any writer in your life...even if you are that writer.
http://chesterfieldwritersclub.blogspot.com
REVIEW:
How do they know these things?
Posted by Sarah Miller at 11/15/2007 08:02:00 PM
I got this silly little book from one of the gals at work a few weeks ago:
You Know You're a Writer When...
by Adair Lara
It's full of one-liners, and an appalling number of them are true. My favorites
so far:
"Writing is the only thing that makes you happy, and you hate writing."
"You secretly love your own handwriting."
"You read the dedications and acknowledgements in every new book to see if there's anyone you know."
"You think people who eat alphabet soup are barbarians."
"A new ream of paper can bring on an anxiety attack."
http://sarahmillerbooks.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-do-they-know-these-things.html
My first book of columns, Welcome to Earth, Mom, was published in 1992 by Chronicle Books, San Francisco. My second, At Adair's House, More Columns by America's Formerly Single Mom was published May, 1995, also by Chronicle Books. A third book, Slowing Down in a Speeded-Up World, was published January 1994 by Conari Press, and has since been translated into French, German, Spanish, and Korean. It was re-released as Hanging Out The Wash.
http://www.bookpassage.com/Hanging-Out-Wash-Other-Ways
The Best of Adair Lara (Scottwall Associates) compiles all the popular
and award-winning columns of the past ten years. These are the ones that have
been clipped and emailed by countless readers. Most have never before appeared
in book form.
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Adair-Lara-Francisco-Chronicle
Coming in April 2008: The
Granny Diaries (Chronicle Books)
September 2007: You
Know You’re a Writer When (Chronicle Books)
Spring 2007: The
Bigger the Sign, the Worse the Garage Sale (Chronicle Books)
2004: Oopsie!
Ouchie! (Chronicle Books) a board book for children
2003: Normal
Is Just a Setting on the Dryer, and Other Lessons from the Real Real World
(Chronicle Books)
2001: Hold
Me Close, Let Me Go (Broadway Books). A memoir.
1996: Best of Adair Lara (Scottwall Associates)
1995: At Adair's House, More Columns by America's Formerly Single Mom
(Chronicle Books)
1994: Slowing Down in a Speeded-Up World (Conari Press), later re-released
as Hanging out the Wash by Red Wheel.
1992: Welcome to Earth, Mom (Chronicle Books)
1982: History of Petaluma, A California River Town (Scottwall Associates)
(not in print)
Works in Progress
Reviews of the manuscript of Naked, Drunk and Writing
Your insights are terrific and so is your voice:
funny and self-deprecating, ballsy and enthusiastic.
Tracy Johnston, author of Shooting the Boh
This is a really wonderful book. One of the best (and most
helpful) books on writing I’ve read. And unlike most practical
guides, never pedantic or boring.
Janis Newman, author of Mary.
WOW! You’ve got a treasure chest here that’s just brimming with
jewels!
--John Leland, professor
