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Who, What, Where and Why Grabapple In 1999, I created my first print zine, Quixote, which proved to be fun, but also far too expensive and time-consuming to maintain. I created it in the first place because I wanted to write articles for the type of magazine that just didn't seem to exist anywhere, except in my head. I've always been frustrated that my ideas for articles and essays didn't fit into the Writer's Digest recommendations, which encourage writers to squash what they really want to say to fit the needs of Cosmo and Maxim. But I just don't think the world needs another "Top Ten Ways to Show Your Woman Who's Boss" or "How to Starve Away That Fat." I needed a bigger outlet for my writing. Thus Grabapple. This isn't, and probably never will be, a money-making venture. It has been a joy to create, and a headache, but I'm pretty proud of it so far. If you read this site much at all, you'll know plenty about me, but for brevity's sake, I'll just say I'm a 32-year old NYC transplant, raised in Texas mostly and foreign parts somewhat. I'm a writer, but not much published yet; my day job is editing for a NY nonfiction publisher. My husband Matthew appears a lot in these pages; he's a talented musician and also a stubborn, crazedly-hard-working man to boot, who's just released his first solo CD. And the whole apple thing...well, I did steal a fruit-theme idea from Sars, I admit. But because my move to New York was about the scariest and best thing I've ever done for myself, because the energy and drive to finally complete this website came from that fear and motivation, and because it's pretty much what I came here to do, "grabapple" just seemed like a good name. And darned fun to say. The
Latest Bite is my journal, continued from my old web-journal at
emjaybee, Recent New-York related entries can be found in the Preserves. Crab
Apples are essays, rants, and free-floating angst not part of my
regular updates. Read/Delicious are twofold: Read are reviews of books I've read lately. Delicious are the other, mostly more-talented web people that I read. Please check them out sometime.
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