About
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My name is Annika. That is a picture of me. I know you are wondering, and the answer is no; I don’t really smoke a pipe.
I’ve been writing this blog since 2002.
I live in Los Angeles. I am married to Will. He is awesome. We have a son, Sam, who is even more awesome, and a daughter, Grace, who is probably plotting something (by which I mean that she is also awesome, but using the same descriptive three times seemed lame). Sam was born in May, 2006, and Gracie was born in December, 2009. One of them was a surprise. But not like those ladies on TV who didn’t even know they were pregnant. I totally don’t get that. I mean, I was the size of a house with both pregnancies. A small house. Like that little one in the Battery that’s snuggled between two normal size buildings. Um. Where was I?
I have been a writer since before I could read. My first book was called The Old Well In The Creek. I was about six. I have not completed a book since. I have, however, written several screenplays with my husband. If one of them ever gets produced, YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW. I mean, besides my parents. I will probably call them before I blog.
More recently, I write for the web. I’ve written for Creature Corner, Los Angeles Metblogs, Noneuclidean Café, and Style for Mom. I’ve also written Today’s Homemaker and 200 Westerns, which are blogs that I supposedly run. Someday I will resurrect them.
Currently you can find me doing a weekly column, The Prudent Pantry, at savings.com, and writing for Sckoon’s Organic Living blog.
I am also on Twitter, like, all the time.
Oh yeah, and I knit. And design knitwear. (Which I forgot to mention when I first wrote up this bio. What kind of crazy Freudian shit is that?) I don’t want to be all, “This is what I do,” but it’s looking dangerously career-ish and that’s kind of exciting.
Want to know something more about me? Check my archives or send me an email. Want to pitch me something? You probably shouldn’t bother. I occasionally accept books for review, but that’s about it.
While we’re talking about things you shouldn’t do: DO NOT LEAVE ASSY COMMENTS. This is not a democracy. There is no free speech. You are in my internet living room; please behave yourself accordingly.