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Miss Crankypants has a dear friend whose life work is puppets. Yep. Who knew you could get a master’s in puppetry? This friend has proved that you can make a living hiding behind a puppet theater and talking in silly voices. Her puppets imitate real life, and Miss CP means that in the best possible […]
Miss Crankypants is at a writer’s conference, soaking up sun and listening to about a hundred workshops that tell you the secret of success. Every one of these workshops insists that writers need a platform, which is of course, old news. At least it is to Miss CP.In fact, Miss Crankypants wonders why authors haven’t […]
I have a beautiful young adult daughter who loves to help me get ready for classes I teach, book-related appearances and conferences. I so wish she’d been helping me that first disastrous book event. But sometimes her “new generation” sensibilities make my teeth ache. I know I’m not alone here. Other writers and editors have […]
A few years ago, most writers’ dentition reflected years of coffee and tea drinking and the occasional front tooth gap or overlap. Unless you were a kid, a light shade of dull yellow was normal. Actors had to shell out thousands for veneers, but the rest of the arts demanded only that you were good […]