I was talking to someone last week and she observed, "You have a lot of transitions this year." I'd been feeling very stressed and unsettled recently and ascribed it to any number of things but that was one I hadn't pinpointed. But it's true. It's been a year where I've had to confront some very major life issues - like realizing I'm really in that ( Read more... )

I am not a NYT best-selling writer. While my books have won awards and made lists, when it comes to publishing, I'm "mid-list". Sure, I hope that some day I will "break out" into the big time. There have been plenty of difficult and frustrating moments when I've thought "If I only could be inspired write about vampires/wolves/faeries/paranormal ( Read more... )

I'm reposting here my column from today's Stamford Advocate, because I think it's one of the most important ones I've ever written: When one of my kids became involved with a theater production run under the auspices of a local Catholic church, I offered to volunteer with backstage help. In order to do so, I had to attend a mandatory 3-hour ( Read more... )

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Calling all New York area peeps! Come join an All-Star line up (and me) for Teen Author Reading Night tomorrow at the scenic Jefferson Market Branch of the NYPL 425 6th Ave, at 10th St ( Read more... )

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Alas my poor blog has suffered from the time demands of WTGP revisions, middle school graduations,new book proposals, my part-time job at wonderful children's bookstore, The Voracious Reader in Larchmont, NY and well, trying to keep food in the refrigerator and the house from looking like a complete bomb site. But today is a special day. Not just ( Read more... )

This is a seriously overdue blog, since I got back from Kindling Words almost two weeks ago. But the minute I got back I got the third pass proofs for LIFE, AFTER, with a deadline and then the political blog I wrote for shuttered so I moved to another one and then I was determined to tackle my taxes ( Read more... )

Last week was a complete bust as far as my Super Sekrit Project was concerned - I had just finished writing my political column about 11pm Tuesday night in time for Wednesday's deadline when a Washington Post breaking news alert came into my inbox that our senior senator here in CT, Chris Dodd, was going to announce his retirement the following day ( Read more... )

So much for my regular blogging schedule. I've been too busy slaving over a hot oven during the annual Holiday Cookie Bake-A-Thon. Chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and, of course, that yummy labor-intensive holiday favorite, gingerbread:


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