http://delaunemichel.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Delaune Michel en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:27:12 GMT 2010-01-02T07:27:12Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676818 Hey y'all, As you might have noticed (or not!), I haven't been around much lately. But I've missed y'all. It seems silly with as much time as I think about the community here that I . . . Fri, 08 May 2009 01:17:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676818 Delaune Michel 2009-05-08T01:17:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977517955 Hey y'all, It's the eve of the eve of Thanksgiving, and I am full into holiday gear. Not that I am ready with cooked food, or cleaned house, but I do have great cheer, even with the sky seeming . . . Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:02:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977517955 Delaune Michel 2008-11-26T03:02:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977483896 Hey y'all - First, I want to say how much I've missed being on here more regularly. As some of you know, my mother hasn't been well, and what with my two small sons, life has been quite . . . Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:02:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977483896 Delaune Michel 2008-10-21T01:02:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977415596 is organize my house. My husband has been waiting for this. For the past few months ever since I started my third novel, he has kept saying, "Feeling like nesting??" whenever he would see me . . . Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:19:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977415596 Delaune Michel 2008-08-07T02:19:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977380445 My two favorite spots on earth are the sugar soft beaches of the Florida panhandle (Redneck Riviera as we call it!), or deep inside a book. I'll never forget an afternoon years ago when I really . . . Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:19:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977380445 Delaune Michel 2008-06-23T15:19:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977374879 My education has never been rooted in academia, even when I was in school. I started modeling when I was fourteen (in the high-fashion world of Baton Rouge!), then at sixteen began teaching modeling to . . . Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:56:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977374879 Delaune Michel 2008-06-16T20:56:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977368204 In the French Catholic world where I grew up in South Louisiana, there was only one ritual more important than Sunday Mass, and that was the dinner hour. True to our heritage and locale, in the house . . . Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:17:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977368204 Delaune Michel 2008-06-10T20:17:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977359473 In one week in March of this year, two much-lauded memoirs – one of a Holocaust survivor and the other about a girl gangbanger - were exposed to be fakes. Talking about it with a friend, I remarked . . . Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:10:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977359473 Delaune Michel 2008-06-02T14:10:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977355651 I was at a dinner party once when someone threw a question out to the group, "If you were stranded on a deserted island, would you rather be stuck with a man or a woman?" My first response . . . Wed, 28 May 2008 15:13:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977355651 Delaune Michel 2008-05-28T15:13:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348424 Hey y'all - So my new novel, The Safety of Secrets (Avon A/HarperCollins $13.95 - or only 11 on amazon!) is coming out next Tuesday, May 27th, and my book tour is starting that night, too. I'll . . . Mon, 19 May 2008 03:23:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977348424 Delaune Michel 2008-05-19T03:23:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338701 Hey y'all, When I woke up this morning, it felt like early fall here in New York (then 12 noon came and suddenly it was like summer!), so I decided it'd be a good time to make some lentil soup. . . . Mon, 05 May 2008 01:30:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338701 Delaune Michel 2008-05-05T01:30:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977305957 But how can I not??? Yes, I am going to write about my children. So last night, as I was putting them to bed, my older son, who is four, asked if he could have another hug. I told him he can always . . . Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:30:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977305957 Delaune Michel 2008-04-09T18:30:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281949 Babies and Books Or, How I went from being a single, childless actress in Hollywood to a married, momma writer in NY in less than seven years. 08/15/2001 A former editor from Putnam hears . . . Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:05:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977281949 Delaune Michel 2008-03-11T21:05:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274655 Hey y'all So HarperCollins has started this cool thing of giving authors their own little - or not so little, actually! - websites on the HarperCollins site, and mine went live this week! So . . . Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:52:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274655 Delaune Michel 2008-03-03T22:52:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977268164 Hey y'all, Okay, one answer to that question is: about 300 pages. Yes, I love corny jokes! My all-time favorite is, "Don't call me late to dinner." But seriously, after seeing . . . Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:31:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977268164 Delaune Michel 2008-02-25T22:31:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263377 Hey y'all - So, as a few of you know, I'm pretty new to Gather, but I am already loving how warm and welcoming the community is here. So I wanted y'all to meet another community that means . . . Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:16:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977263377 Delaune Michel 2008-02-20T21:16:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977258706 Even though I moved away from South Louisiana a long time ago, I think a part of me stayed! Though I guess here on the internet, we can be anywhere we want, can't we? So while you're visiting . . . Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:42:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977258706 Delaune Michel 2008-02-14T19:42:30Z