9/23/12

Lucky, Fabulous Me!

You're probably asking yourself: now that Margaret Finnegan is basically synonymous with J.K. Rowling in so far as they are both FAMOUS-and-RICH-BEYOND-BELIEF NOVELISTS, what does she do with her time.

Wonder no more! I will reveal all!

Usually, the day begins with me COUNTING MY BLESSINGS while driving my verbally-gifted children to their destinations, and by verbally gifted, of course, I mean that they are gifted at recounting the various ways in which life--and each other--has tread upon them with great injustice. I usually take my twelve year old Honda because, naturally, the Ferrari is in the shop. It is so temperamental!

Next, I generally schmooze with very important and illustrious people, or at least my dog, Scout.

Then I write because you can't be a writer if you don't write, and I do like to keep up with the African royalty that are always tracking me down because of my great sympathy and compassion.

Eventually, the verbally-gifted children return, and they impress me with more of their verbal gifts. Then it's the usual: dinner, clean up (we decided to let the maid/cook go because I thought it would be cruel to impose my elite rich lady values on others), a little TV, and then sleep. See? Even now that my amazing literary gifts have paved my way to grandiosity, I'm not so different from anyone else.

But, sometimes, I do get to do something special. Here I am reading to book club I was invited to visit in beautiful Santa Barbara. They choose The Goddess Lounge as their book selection, and were kind enough to invite me to join in their discussion of the book. What a fun time, and what fun women. Don't you wish you were me?


Don't you wish you were me?


9 comments:

Adele said...

Oh, I do wish I could be you, if only for one, rich and famous, grandiose day!! In truth, though, the not-grand parts sound very nice. Are you starting on your newest novel - this looks like a perfect beginning.

Cathy Perlmutter said...

I want to be you, too!!! At least during dramatic readings of your hilarious books, to sop up the crowd adoration!!!

Jean Spitzer said...

Wonderful, to get to see the effect of your words. Congratulations.

Petrea Burchard said...

Margaret, I want to know all about it! Every little detail! Plus, this is a really funny post.

Susan Campisi said...

That must've been amazing to attend a Santa Barbara reading of your novel. How do you stay so humble?

Ms M said...

Great post. Sounds like the reading went well and was fun for all.

TheChieftess said...

HaHa!!! I love your new life!!!

Country Girl said...

Verbally Gifted Children! I just love that! I have some of them too! Ha Ha! But alas, they seem to be handicapped in the area of dish clean up. Maybe it's allergies to dish detergent! -- I always enjoy your blog Margaret!

Pasadena Adjacent said...

Santa Barbara? Ya want something to cry about? I'll give ya something to cry about! Lake Los Angeles