It's over. After living with it for the better part of two years, we're suddenly without. No more news clips of campaign stops. No more I-approve-this-message ads. No more polls trending this way or that, or magic maps with red states turning orange and blue states turning green. No more emails from one committee or phone calls from another. No more multi-forwarded notes from friends. No more spoofs on SNL.
While President-elect Obama hunkers down to pick his team and make the transition of power as smooth as possible in this remarkable democracy of ours, what are we back to doing?
While President-elect Obama hunkers down to pick his team and make the transition of power as smooth as possible in this remarkable democracy of ours, what are we back to doing?
Thinking about the economy.
But what fun is that?
I have a better idea. If you're feeling a void in your life now that the election is done, fill it with a good book. Specifically, fill it with the brand new, hot-off-the-press trade paperback issue of The Secret Between Us.
Now, honestly, I don't think my publisher was thinking "Post-Election Doldrums" when the powers-that-be selected November 4 as the pub date for this book. I think it was pure serendipity. But hey, if it helps to fill the void ...
Here's another thought. Why not add a warm sticky bun to your time with the book? Click here for the recipe.
O-K. Got too many sticky buns to eat yourself? Share them with a groups of friends who may also be feeling at loose ends. Brew those friends some coffee, and while they eat those SoMa Stickies, tell them a little about The Secret Between Us. Ask them what they would do if they were in Deborah's situation. Make them think.
Thicken the plot by printing out the Reading Group Guide for The Secret Between Us and schedule another meeting when everyone will have read the book. Better still, if you'd like me to visit that group meeting by speakerphone, I'd love it! Click here for details. And look at it this way. We'll be killing two birds (or, in this case, filling two voids) with one stone - yours and mine.
I'm Barbara the Writer, and (though I promise this is the one and only time I'll say this) I approve this message.
But what fun is that?
I have a better idea. If you're feeling a void in your life now that the election is done, fill it with a good book. Specifically, fill it with the brand new, hot-off-the-press trade paperback issue of The Secret Between Us.
Now, honestly, I don't think my publisher was thinking "Post-Election Doldrums" when the powers-that-be selected November 4 as the pub date for this book. I think it was pure serendipity. But hey, if it helps to fill the void ...
Here's another thought. Why not add a warm sticky bun to your time with the book? Click here for the recipe.
O-K. Got too many sticky buns to eat yourself? Share them with a groups of friends who may also be feeling at loose ends. Brew those friends some coffee, and while they eat those SoMa Stickies, tell them a little about The Secret Between Us. Ask them what they would do if they were in Deborah's situation. Make them think.
Thicken the plot by printing out the Reading Group Guide for The Secret Between Us and schedule another meeting when everyone will have read the book. Better still, if you'd like me to visit that group meeting by speakerphone, I'd love it! Click here for details. And look at it this way. We'll be killing two birds (or, in this case, filling two voids) with one stone - yours and mine.
I'm Barbara the Writer, and (though I promise this is the one and only time I'll say this) I approve this message.
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