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All About Caren CraneCaren Crane writes Southern-inflected women's fiction that often includes a romance. She loves to write about dysfunctional, crazy families like the ones she knows and loves. Apparently, editors in NYC don't know and love the same type crazy families, but she hopes they will one day!
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So, What Are You Reading?Posted by Caren Crane Apr 21 2012, 1:13 am in book clubs, books, Caren Crane, David Sedaris, ella minnow pea, Genres, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Shakespeare, something different, The Weird Sisters, what are you reading Maybe because many people know I write, I’m often asked what I’m reading. I read a ton of books every year, especially considering I work full-time. I buy, beg and borrow lots of books in lots of different genres and sub-genres, and people are sometimes surprised at what I’m reading. I also belong to a book club with about 14 other people at work. We take turns picking a book for each month, then meet for lunch once a month to discuss the book. This can be a bit like herding cats for the facilitator, but makes for energetic Things Our Bodies Tell UsPosted by Caren Crane Mar 4 2012, 12:41 am in anemia, body language, Caren Crane, exhaustion, keys locked in car, lost keys I like to think I’m getting wiser as I get older – and believe me, the new crop of silver hair tells me I am definitely getting older. Still, some lessons I learn over and over and over again. For instance, I think I have learned to listen to what my body is telling me. That is, when my body talks very loudly and in no uncertain terms. Otherwise, I tend to ignore its subtle messages and small urgings until it becomes impossible. One of these lessons I’ve learned the hard way is that when I am really run down, Better TogetherPosted by Caren Crane Feb 5 2012, 12:11 am in author teams, Caren Crane, collaboration, group project, lone wolf, teamwork, writing Growing up, I considered myself something of a Lone Wolf: independent, needing no one, going it alone. I laugh at my young self now, because I grew up in a large family, where time alone was invariably at a premium? I was more pack animal than lone wolf, but I suppose it was the Lone Wolf attitude I adopted more than its actuality. My husband was much the same when I met him: fiercely independent, determined to do everything by and for himself. After we married, learning to depend on each other was quite a challenge, but having three children | ||
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