The Big Lie about Big Little Lies
The first thing that caught my attention was The Mom. That Mom. We all know her. She would never admit that her mean-girl daughter ever did anything wrong, but sometimes she pretended she did only to feign (for the rest of us) that some sort of discipline was taking place in their home, which we were all absolutely certain it wasn’t. She had that same child tested for gifted programs after she used one fancy word properly one time at dinner. She signed the girl up for piano lessons and ballet and French and soccer, then whined about the child’s teachers giving her too much homework. Yet she intentionally put her in the best classes at the best school with all the best teachers, teachers who were (dare we say) kinda tough and didn’t scale grades. And That Mom drove all the rest of us insane when she pretended to be annoyed while she whined and rolled her eyes at how demanding her child’s friends’ six-birthday-parties-this-month! were going to be on their already-busy lives.
Wait.
Am I talking about this book or I am I talking about my own life?
Goodreads Giveaway: Get a Signed Copy of “Aprils and Decembers”
As the one year anniversary of the publication of Aprils and Decembers approaches, I am hosting my very first Giveaway! How exciting!
It’s weird…Goodreads has been around forever and I’ve popped in and out over the years, but I am just now *really* getting into it. (I probably should listen to my reading friends more often.)
If you’re a reader too and haven’t given your Goodreads a lot of attention lately, get back in there. It’s absolutely my new favorite thing. There are SO many great people who (like me) love chatting about a good book, and the recommendations! Oh my goodness, I can’t keep up.
Go there! Enter the Giveaway! Follow my Author Page! Find a great new book!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Aprils and Decembers
by Dawn Quarles
Giveaway ends December 06, 2016.
See the giveaway details
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10 Things I Bet You Didn’t Know About Me
In June of 2015, I gathered 20 of my best friends together to celebrate the completion of my memoir, Aprils and Decembers. Much of what we talked about that night was how I got here, how I got to be the luckiest person in the world, one who lives through a bunch of tough stuff and still emerges from it with a blessed life and a published book. In other words, in this picture the girls are getting the backstory. (Jaco’s Restaurant, downtown Pensacola)
For you, here’s a little more of my backstory…
- I absolutely cannot stomach horror movies and I am a staunch critic of tattooing oneself. Having said that, Dexter and Sons of Anarchy are two of the best shows I have ever watched. Ever. (once again, mothering determines everything)
- My guilty indulgences include chocolate milk and french fries. I need to make note here that the chocolate milk I like the most is light brown (you could say I like chocolate-infused milk) and I love my french fries a little soggy, if I’m honest.
- I am extraordinarily easy to wait on in a restaurant. After waiting tables all through college, I can promise you, it pays to be kind to the waitstaff. I know their power.
- I tried to train my dog not to jump on people by pinching his paws. Now he refuses to shake hands. My mistake. #dogwhisperingfail
- I once had a vivid dream that I had surgery for stomach pain and when they opened me up all of my insides were microwaved. I haven’t been back to a tanning bed since.
- When I was little, my mom told me that Jesus doesn’t like it when you write on yourself. So I don’t EVER write on myself. Thanks for that warped guilt, Mom.
- I can get lost in watching someone cut the grass. The sounds, the smell and the linear, methodical nature of their movement makes me unusually content.
- I never wear yellow. No one should decide to bury me in yellow, either.
- I own a first edition printing of Gone With the Wind. I bought it for $1 at a flea market in North Dakota in 1991. It’s worth a lot more now, folks.
- When I write a blog like this one, I have to proofread it on each of my devices before I publish it. I think psychologists call that OCD.
We’re all a just little bit nuts, aren’t we kids?!
If you’d like to know more about my journey as an author, and by more I mean more important than my tastes in junk food, I invite you to check out the Frequently Asked Questions link above! Enjoy!
“Conversations With Jeff Weeks” Airing on WSRE on April 21st 2016!
It was a pleasure to visit the set of “Conversations With Jeff Weeks” on WSRE in Pensacola, our local PBS affiliate.
My Book Signing for “Aprils and Decembers”!
PC: Tina Lovett Photography, 2016
On January 23rd, I was honored to be the Guest Author at our local Barnes and Noble store where the turnout for my book signing for “Aprils and Decembers” was one of the most successful in the store’s history. I am so grateful to everyone! Family, friends, fans, readers, coworkers and newcomers showed up to support my writing. I am truly overwhelmed.
For all the love and support you’ve shown me, thank you.
XO, DQ
Photos from my book signing:
Radio Interview, “Bring Back the Balance” on WCHE 1520
It was more fun than I can explain in words to have the opportunity to speak with Donna Saul yesterday on her radio show “Bring Back the Balance” on WCHE 1520 out of Philadelphia.
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