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February 12, 2017
New Year, New Space
When I first started writing novels, I managed to write at home. It was at the very beginning of the internet, and distractions were few and far between. No-one really knew what to do with the internet, and I managed to while away the days in my tiny home office, writing my books. Then technology […]
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February 9, 2017
Splitting Hairs
Ever since my children were born, I have been cutting their hair. I am very bad at cutting hair and almost every time has been a disaster. Despite this, I am convinced that I can cut hair, even though hope has yet to triumph over experience. When the children were very small, they didn’t […]
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December 5, 2016
Piles Upon Piles
The piles are threatening to take over my house. I do not think of myself as a hoarder, and I very much like living in a space that is clean and tidy, but I don’t seem to have any control over the piles of papers that accumulate in every room of the house. Nobody would […]
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November 28, 2016
Rabbit Palace
Stan the rabbit is not happy with his confinement. He has been living very happily on the porch these last few months, coming into the kitchen throughout the day to play with us, and the cats, tearing off into his porch when there is too much activity. We had high hopes of him being a […]
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November 25, 2016
For the Love of the Characters
I have just finished writing my nineteenth novel. For years people have asked me how it feels when I finish a novel, and I haven’t known how to answer them. In the old days, it felt wonderful, knowing I had achieved something so big. A great weight would be off my shoulders, freeing me up […]
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November 23, 2016
Telephone Allergy
When I was a teenager, I distinctly remember spending hours on the phone. At some point I was lucky enough to have a phone in my bedroom, and I would sit on the floor, leaning back against the bed, twirling the cord around and around my fingers as my best friend Harriet and I talked […]
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November 21, 2016
Couch Comforts
I went to my friend’s house for tea last week, and as soon as I walked in her kitchen it was clear we both had a case of the blues. “No,” she said. “We’re not going to go down the road of self-pity. Tell me something good.” And so I told her about The Rower, […]
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November 14, 2016
New Friends
Beloved and I have great friends who are very involved with the American Ballet Theater, and every year they invite us to join them for the gala, and occasionally for a performance throughout the year. A few weeks ago we were invited to join them for Romeo and Juliet, with the prima ballerina, Alessandra Ferri, […]
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November 7, 2016
Book Tour Adventures
Hours spent in hotels: many Hours spent having massages: 1 Hours spent having room service: 7 Hours spent enjoying meeting my readers: 46 Hours spent writing: 0 Every summer I leave the comforts of home, and set off on the road for book tour. It’s always a hard time to leave – my house is […]
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October 31, 2016
Coming Summer 2017: The Sunshine Sisters
I am completely thrilled to announce my new book, The Sunshine Sisters. I started this book last year, then abandoned it for a while, unsure of where it was going. Earlier this year I went back to it, pleasantly surprised at it being much better than I remembered. I rewrote what I had, and hunkered down, […]
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