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Entries from November 2007

Saving Fall. And my new pet deer.

November 13th, 2007 · Comments Off

Fall Has Been Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons according to a recent article in the Onion.  This required immediate investigation as fall is the best season.  Ever.  See Moffett make for the Blue Ridge Mountains.  (Or as the Colorado side of the family likes to say, “the East Coast Hills.”)  I will let the pictures and […]

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Tags: Moffett Family · Northern Virginia · D.C. · Generation Y · Travels

2007. The Year of Dead Authors.

November 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments

It’s been a rough year for writers. In short, they have been dropping like flies.

Robert Jordan, master of the fantasy novel and impetus for my brother’s pleas “to just finish it already,” died this past September at age 58 from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy after dazzling the misplaced Star Trek masses for decades with his […]

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Tags: Authors · Writing · Generation Y · Books

$2 Billion Dollars Gets Runner Across Finish Line

November 8th, 2007 · 11 Comments

At least, I hope it does.
My name is Sarah Moffett, and I am insane. This season’s example of controlled insanity will be to attempt the Philadelphia Marathon next Sunday. Operative word being “attempt.” Considering all of the distractions as of late–lawyering, writing, enduring the Rockies get drilled in the Series, watching Hillary Clinton running for […]

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Tags: Northern Virginia · Authors · D.C. · Writing · Generation Y · Books

What My Law School Did To Me.

November 6th, 2007 · Comments Off

 This was my law school.
This is what my law school did to me.  See Moffett dress like a Hogwarts Professor.
For reasons ranging from stringent bar ethics rules to a deep need for self preservation (see above vacant expression on graduation day), I generally am not inclined to mix my attorney by day, author by night routine.   However, my […]

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Tags: Authors · Northern Virginia · Writing · Books

Rowling, Frey, and Hale get published, sued, and talk to mules. From bed.

November 4th, 2007 · Comments Off

Rowling “publishes” a new book, James Frey may be ordered to pay readers back for his “fraudulent” memoir, and Leon Hale is talking with mules. All a week’s work in the world of modern literature. On the upside, modern convenience means one can experience all of this cozily on a Sunday morning from the safety […]

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Tags: Authors · Northern Virginia · D.C. · Writing · Books

Rowling writes new book. And only 7 will be published.

November 1st, 2007 · Comments Off

JK Rowling has revealed she has written a new book about Harry Potter’s world - but only seven people will read it.
The Harry Potter creator has turned the Tales of Beedle the Bard - which was in the final Potter book - into a set of short stories.
There are only seven copies of the book […]

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Tags: Authors · Generation Y · Books