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On Staycation
Try not to be too disappointed, but I don’t expect to be posting very much on this blog over the summer. I’ve got some kiddos home, and we’re doing our usual “family camp” thing. If you are interested...
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“A funny thing happened on the way to staycation…” or “Happily Ever After as...
So, just as I gave up on blogging about books during summer break, my husband mentioned something tonight so post-worthy, that I just had to share. Mr. K. has been reading Searching for Dragons to my...
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An oasis in my posting desert
Things have been a bit nutty lately in the Klempner household. I’ve got a few kids home from school to entertain, and we made a bar mitzvah for our eldest. Blogging hasn’t been a priority this summer....
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A Tribute to My Favorite Uncles
Looking for some Shabbos/weekend reading? I’ve got a new story in this week’s Inyan Magazine, inside Hamodia (dated August 26, 2015). The story is called “The Favorite Uncle,” and it’s a sorta reversal...
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Good things brewing
My kids are back in school, so you might have expected a new post by now. And you deserve a new post! But I’m working on a couple exciting projects. Hopefully, they’ll debut early in the next year…just...
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Oy, all right, I’ll spill the beans.
So, yesterday’s post mentioned that I’ve been working on a few big projects. I can’t tell you about all of them, but I can tell you about two: I’ve compiled several of the stories I have published...
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Exciting news! One book ready for orders, the other nearly ready!
When my husband checked the mail after Rosh Hashanah had ended, he found a couple packages for me in our mailbox from Createspace. In one, we found the proof of the anthology that I’ve been working on,...
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Signs you might want to buy one of my new books
BOTH MY NEW BOOKS ARE UP AND RUNNING ON AMAZON! WAHOO! (Do I sound excited?) Mazal’s Luck Runs Out is for ages 8-11. My life is being taken over by marketing (What? Did you say there’s a Jewish holiday...
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Have you picked up the Sukkos edition of Binah Magazine yet?
Even if you aren’t usually a Binah reader, you might want to take a look-see at the special, expanded Sukkos 5776 issue. The “Vistas” story supplement features a story by yours truly. It’s my first...
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They loved it, they hated it: Feedback on my story from Binah’s Sukkos...
I have emerged from the semi-hibernation of Sukkos (if you can call a holiday that involved cooking 10 fancy meals – many with with guests – hibernation) and am looking forward to a week chock full of...
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10 ways to use your writing to add more lovingkindness to the world
First, pardon me for the super-Jewy intro. I promise this post will get to writing by the end. Over Shabbos, I was reading this: The book AHAVAS CHESED – The title means “Lovers of Lovingkindness.”...
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What does it take to get you writing? 5 things that get my tuchas in the...
It didn’t even wait until Fall Back: I’ve been in the dragging, low-creativity state that usually hits me at this time of year for weeks already. It’s not really full-blown SAD, thank G-d, but it’s...
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NEED A CHANUKAH GIFT FOR YOUR DAY SCHOOL KID?
SLIDING DOORS and other stories (11-16 year olds) While home sick, a teen interrupts a burglary in progress… A mysterious stranger offers a young man an extra hour, for one-time use… Slipping into an...
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Is it wrong that I’m kinda looking forward to some hate mail?
My latest essay, “Stuck in the Middle” (and, yes, I’m quoting the Stealer’s Wheel song on purpose), appears in Tablet Magazine. To summarize: coming from a family of typical American Jewish Liberals, I...
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Writing lesson: Do your interview and only then decide what kind of article...
As I mentioned in a post a few days ago, I pitched a short feature to a magazine and had it accepted. It required some interviews. I did three of them this week, and then sat down to write. When I...
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Writing about women’s leadership and education in my synagogue in today’s...
That article I mentioned in a recent post appears in this week’s edition of The Jewish Home – L.A. If you want to read it, click here for a link to an online version. I’ve got another interview for...
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I’m on a mission from G-d. (Only half joking, folks.)
Another writing gig landed at my feet, and it connects to the theme of the last article I published: female leadership in the Orthodox community. Meanwhile, half the things I’ve read in the last couple...
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Novelization of Glixman in a Fix: contract signed, book IY”H due out next year
For a while now, I’ve been sitting on a little morsel of news, because I’m exceedingly paranoid about the evil eye (embarrassing, but true): I’ve signed a contract with Menucha Publishers for the...
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My most recent book review: Calling Out to You by Tehilla Edelman
Last week, The Jewish Home L.A. published my book review of Tehilla Edelman’s new anthology about depression and anxiety disorders in the Orthodox world, Calling Out to You. Here’s the review. Calling...
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Submission blitz
Yesterday, I had a kid home sick. Actually, yesterday, the day before, AND today, I had a kid home sick. The first day, I got writing done. This was pretty amazing because I usually have problems...
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