Karen Quinn is the author of Wife in the Fast Lane. A NYC-based writer, Quinn has a 14-year-old son, a 15-year-old daughter, a husband, two cats, and a broken fax line. She feels bad about that, but not bad enough to call Verizon because that would be too painful to contemplate. Quinn's first book, The Ivy Chronicles, has been optioned by Warner Brothers and is being made into a major motion picture. She is currently at work on her third novel. Visit Karen at wifeinthefastlane.com, myspace.com/authorkarenquinn, or send an email to karenquinn1@aol.com.

Blog Entries by Karen Quinn

Say, Wouldn't You Like to Have Fun...Fun...Fun...

Posted July 30, 2007 | 03:24 PM (EST)


In case you are wondering why you haven't heard from me in quite some time, the reason is two-fold. First, I've been hard at work editing my new book (Holly Would Dream) and second, I've been pole dancing. I know you're shocked - I've been EDITING! Yes, a novel doesn't...

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Daddy is Alive and Well in Heaven

Posted June 17, 2007 | 09:26 PM (EST)


Today is Father's Day and I am so missing my dad. He died about ten years ago. I wish I could pick up the phone and call him in heaven. I'm dying to know what he has been up to spirit-wise, which of his old pals he's been hanging...

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Big Mother is Watching You

Posted June 7, 2007 | 05:45 PM (EST)


If only I'd succeeded in convincing the dentist to implant the GPS tracking devise into my fourteen-year-old's braces. Then I could have monitored her location in real time on one of those cool, zoomable, on-line maps. Just seeing that little red dot moving through the streets of Manhattan would...

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Sweet 16 Hell

Posted May 26, 2007 | 03:50 PM (EST)


Schuyler, my gorgeous daughter, who, having been born, like, five minutes ago, is having her Sweet 16 party in May. She wanted it so badly, almost as much as I wanted her not to have it. I offered her the cash instead, which she refused, something about her not having...

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