Among other things, Marching Band forms state that if my kid starts acting like a li'l jerkface on a trip, Marching Band can call and command me to pick up my li'l jerkface. MaryJanice Davidson actbandcall Change image and share on social
My 20s were a blizzard of rejection slips. MaryJanice Davidson 20sblizzardrejection Change image and share on social
I once came back from a book tour where sleek black cars driven by nice men in black suits waited for me at every hotel, took me to every signing, brought me back, opened car doors for me. They were great. I was great. It was a wonderful tour. MaryJanice Davidson backblackbook share on social
I'd go to a bookstore, and I'd flip through flap copy, and I'd think, 'If this gal can get published, I can get published.' MaryJanice Davidson bookstorecopyflap Change image and share on social
I can't not write funny. It's literally the only way I know how to do it. MaryJanice Davidson funnyliterallywrite Change image and share on social
I always knew I'd keep at it with the plodding doggedness that I used to master lump-less gravy and wriggle out of fitness classes; I always knew I'd get a zillion rejection slips. I figured I'd write part time while working various full-time office jobs, and maybe, maybe in my 50s, I'd be able to quit and try writing full time. MaryJanice Davidson 50sclassdoggedness share on social
When I wrote the first Betsy book, 'Undead and Unwed,' I had no idea, none, that it would be a career-defining, genre-defining book, the first of over a dozen in the series, the first of over 70 published books, the first on my road to the best-seller list, the first on my road to being published in 15 countries. MaryJanice Davidson betsybookcareer share on social
I love traveling, but I love the bum I married, and the bums I gave birth to, more. And the dogs. I love them, too. MaryJanice Davidson birthbumdog Change image and share on social
I'm more to my family than a wonderful, luminous cook. I'm also a wonderful, luminous butler and a wonderful, luminous chauffer. And checkbook. I'm a luminous checkbook, too. MaryJanice Davidson butlerchauffercheckbook Change image and share on social
Magic: The Gathering is like Dungeons and Dragons if D&D was played with cards and didn't take 18 weeks. MaryJanice Davidson carddragondungeon Change image and share on social