{"id":1278,"date":"2006-08-29T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-29T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog2\/2006\/08\/my-year-of-living-fabulously\/"},"modified":"2018-12-17T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T16:16:41","slug":"my-year-of-living-fabulously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/my-year-of-living-fabulously\/","title":{"rendered":"My Year of Living Fabulously"},"content":{"rendered":"

(I know this will come out looking all lumpy, thanks to that awful blogger software, but here it is, nonetheless.)<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is the official one-year anniversary of my book’s release<\/a>. It is also the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I remember driving home from my interview on Fox News \"\"<\/a>
\nand hearing all about this devastating hurricane, not paying too much attention because there were always hurricanes in late August and I was on such a high from the fact that my star was just rising. How high would it go? I had no idea. The month before I had been flown to New York to have meetings with producers from Good Morning America, MSNBC<\/span>, and the Today Show<\/span>, as well as a meeting with the president of Time<\/span>. I had loved my day in New York, just my publicist and me; I was all dressed impeccably, in a slim mauve skirt from Anthropologie and brown Banana Republic stretch V-neck top, light pink Kate Spade briefcase and brown faille 9-West pumps. We took a limo, choosing the best limo services<\/a>, everywhere and ate an expensive lunch and bought sunglasses from a street vendor. We wowed the Today Show people and made a pal at MSNBC.<\/p>\n

So today I was thinking about what happened in the year of The Book, all the highlights (and I don’t mean the fake blonde in my hair).
\n-Interview on Fox News
\n-Radio interviews all over country (by phone)
\n-Book’s release
\n-Reading at Brookline Booksmith (tons of people came to it)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

-Interview on NPR’s Weekend America
\n-Today Show filmed us here\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

-Ned and I went to NYC to the Today Show
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

-Emily’s book party for me in Brookline
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n-Eric’s book party for me in New York
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n-Gala in New York at the Hotel Pierre where I met Meryl Streep
\n-Commentary on NPR (WBUR) tying in Nat’s birthday to Supreme Court Decision\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

-Appearance on MSNBC
\n-Appearance on CNN
\n-Guest speaker, Autism Awareness Day at Massachusetts State House
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n-Flirtation piece in Boston Globe Magazine- caused some stir
\n-Keynote at Federation for Children with Special Needs – amazing
\n-Book talks in New Canann, Hartford, New Jersey, New York City, Pennsylvania
\n-Keynote in Minneapolis
\n-Fifth piece in Washington Post
\n-White House Dinner
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n-Controversial (sixth) piece in Washington Post:
\n“What’s Autism Got to Do With It?”<\/p>\n

What will 2006-2007 bring? So far, two keynotes, one at which I will meet J-Mac (in October), two talks, paperback release in December…<\/p>\n

What I wish for
\n-New book idea
\n-Finish my novel
\n-More WashPost pieces
\n-More glamorous parties
\n-Nat’s speech to improve
\n-Benj to continue to be happy
\n-Max doing well in high school
\n–Ned’s company<\/a> to meet its goal for new users
\n-No more painful, life-sapping relationships
\n-Good health for all my loved ones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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