I’ve been a little preoccupied lately. This weekend while we were home to visit The Farm People, as my children adoringly refer to my in-laws, one of my Besties introduced me to Draw Something– an iPhone app that will suck up your soul and spit out your bones. But you will be laughing so hard you won’t even care. The basic deal is this: you start a game with someone… preferably someone you share a brain with unless you are a freaking artist because this isn’t easy. You choose one of three words to draw and draw it. THEN you [Read more...]

“MOMMA! I’m so hungwee! What’s for dinnah?” My three-year old, Sadie, whined. “Rice, fish and vegetables,” I said as I pulled the fish out of the oven. Sadie: I don’t WIKE fish! Me: Fine. Then it’s chicken. Sadie: WEALLY? I love chicken! Me: Then it’s your lucky night. Guess what? It’s your lucky night too. Today I published an e-book! A Second Helping: A Collection of Best-Loved Columns From Robin’s Chicksis a collection of 22 of my readers’ favorite newspaper columns. A Second Helping will be available on Kindle and Nook for only $1.99! Go read about why I should [Read more...]

In October of last year I attended my first writer’s conference at my alma mater, Auburn University. I signed up for group classes when I registered for the conference. I signed up for a session taught by a writer friend and chose a couple of classes on writing memoirs, and truth in storytelling. But a few days before I left for the conference Kim, a writer friend, contacted me in a frenzy. She was green with jealousy that I would be able to hear Joshilyn Jackson speak. I believe my exact response was, “Who?” To which I received a virtual [Read more...]