by Ann Garvin | Mar 15, 2023 | Love, life, & Living, Uncategorized |
Trust Me On This Remember in High School, that girl, woman at your school that you couldn’t take your eyes off of? No one could, and like it or not, everyone saw her the way you did. Parents, teachers, the principal and every single boy or man in the school. I fault...
by Ann Garvin | Jan 12, 2023 | Love, life, & Living |
2023 Ann Garvin’s Teaching and Presenting Schedule. How To Prepare The Perfect Pitch Feb. 24-26 womenwritersretreat.com Virtual Online Weekend Writing Retreat With Mollie McClure, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Karen Dionne, and Folio Lit Agency Plotting...
by Ann Garvin | Nov 4, 2022 | Love, life, & Living |
Where do you get your ideas? It’s come to my attention lately that people are concerned about me. The concern isn’t health-related—my body is the best thing I’ve ever gotten for free. Occasionally, however, I do joke about my relationship status and I realize they are...
by Ann Garvin | Jul 20, 2022 | Love, life, & Living |
The Soft Animal Of Your Body, I don’t go on vacation. I often joke about it and say, “I don’t know how not to work.” My parents straddled the silent and boomer generation–traditionalists who valued hard work, frugality, and discipline. I watched and learned, my...
by Ann Garvin | May 31, 2022 | Love, life, & Living |
Sneak Peek expires in one week. THERE’S NO COMING BACK FROM THIS. CHAPTER ONE: The Last Tug On A String I half-jogged, half-walked to catch up with my seventeen-year-old daughter, Robyn, at Chicago O’Hare Airport and all I could think about was how a person can...
by Ann Garvin | Apr 25, 2022 | Love, life, & Living |
What Does Dead Dad Think Now? Fred Wertz, my dad, picked up every penny he saw during his daily walks. At a nimble eighty-six he’d swoop down mid-sentence and scoop up a penny, barely breaking the cadence of his step. If he walked without me my father would call to...
