My third post in three days! I can barely believe it myself!

But this seemed rather blog-worthy:  My friend Lindsay called to tell me she’d spotted STELLA #2: HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW, in her local Barnes & Noble. I haven’t even seen it on the shelves yet! (Really, I’ve been afraid to go looking for it, in case it’s not there. Ah, neuroses.)

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So this is a typical scene with my friend Lindsay:  I am at her house, picking through clothes she's giving away.  "Do you still have that T-shirt from Melissa?”

"What T-shirt from Melissa?"

"The yellow one -- you know, the one you wore last fall when you picked me up from the train and we went to the bagel store."

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What a week:  My sister's debut novel THE BEAUTIFUL BETWEEN is officially out in the world (did you pick up your copy yet? If not, please do so immediately!), and I got final copies of SINCERELY, my third book!  (Actually, SINCERELY is my first book -- I wrote it in 2004, sold it to Simon & Schuster in 2005, and then my editor changed and ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, I insisted my friend Lindsay buy MISS NELSON IS MISSING for her three-year-old twins.  On the ride home from the bookstore, I got nervous that MISS NELSON wouldn't live up to the hype; how could the kids possibly love the book as much as I promised them they would, as much as I remembered loving it when I was little?  I shouldn't ( Read more... )

I had a seriously good weekend.  Actually, everything started to be seriously good even before the weekend.  On Thursday evening, I went to Simon & Schuster to drop off my first pass, and my editor showed me this:


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