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In detox

It began somewhere south of Big Sur. My precious iPhone, which I cradle like a premature infant and which, in gratitude, rewards me with non-stop information, entertainment and love, stopped getting a signal. What the. Discreetly, when we pulled over for pictures, I turned it off and turned it back on. Nothing. Mile after mile, […]

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I figured out what I’m doing once the kids move out

I am going to every one of these magical places. #travelgoals Click here.

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Aren’t you more prone to be scatterbrained?

Just in case you were telling yourself, “Nah, women complain too much, there’s no such thing as sexism or gender bias anymore. It’s a thing of the past,” give yourself a few minutes to watch this video compilation of some of Fox News’ -ahem- best moments. My favorite? Michelle Obama is a “dietary dominatrix.” I […]

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I am becoming a man

Okay, here it is, my big announcement: I’m considering becoming a man. It’s a man’s world. Maybe it’s time I just go with it. I mean in a literary capacity, of course. (What did you think I meant?). I am writing a book that’s got some more action in it than the ones I’ve written […]

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Facing the written page

A lot has been written about “facing the blank page,” that moment so many writers dread. But less has been written about facing the already-written page, a process that, for me, is infinitely harder. The blank page is like a new guy you’re dating. Anything is possible with this guy. Of course he’s going to […]

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A double identity

You might say I was fated to be a writer – either that, or a con-artist or a spy or some other kind of criminal – because I was endowed at birth with a double identity. – Margaret Atwood For about the first four years of my life, I wasn’t quite sure what my name […]

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Fated

You might say I was fated to be a writer – either that, or a con-artist or a spy or some other kind of criminal – because I was endowed at birth with a double identity. – Margaret Atwood For about the first four years of my life, I wasn’t quite sure what my name […]

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Who reads books for teens?

As a writer of books for teens (so far, anyway), I used to worry about what I posted here on my blog. After all, many of my posts are not teen-friendly. Some are risque (although I’d probably have to work a lot harder to shock most teens with internet access), but most are probably downright […]

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Obsessing about sales

Here’s one thing veteran writers tell us newbies: do not worry about your sales. Guess what advice is impossible to follow. Yep, that’s right. There is an Amazon website called Author Central which lists the previous week’s sales every Friday. You can imagine the first thing I do every Friday morning. It’s as hard to […]

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The last Jew

The other day I was Googling the current Jewish population of various countries (it’s for a book). I scanned the list. Curious even after I had the information I needed, I continued down the list. Only 1,000 Jews in Japan. 900 in Guatemala. How could a population get any tinier than that? But they did, […]

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