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A favor, New Jersey

Hello dears! I just got word that my interview in The Record, a local paper here in NJ, will be in the paper this comingMonday. Wonderful, except… I’ll be in Seattle! I’ve asked the kids to buy me a copy, but, kids being kids without their own means of transport, I’d like a back-up plan. […]

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Goodreads ratings for writers

Have you read John Green (author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS)’s new book? No? Well, you’re not alone, because it hasn’t been written yet and certainly hasn’t been published. Last November, John Green posted on Tumblr that he was writing and the book would not be out “next year” (meaning 2015). That does not […]

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For Writers: What Pixar can teach you

I am a big fan of animated movies. I think some of the best storytelling of the last 20 years has been done in animation. I was reminded of this fact twice this past week, one when I saw Inside Outand the second time when my son played me this animated short, an early storyboard […]

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Surrender

I thought I knew Answers And paths I thought I had to work And push And shoehorn my circumstances into the shape of my will I thought I knew But all that’s led to injuries And strains And sorrows It has been fruitless Like telling water where to run Or forcing love to bloom I […]

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Tools for Writers: Mention

So you’ve published a book! Congratulations! Now here’s something you may not have realized when you sat at your desk polishing your baby: when you’re an author, you really have two full-time jobs. One is to write and the other is to promote your work. This is true even if you’re traditionally published. Part of […]

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Naked and Afraid

Peeps! How have I missed the boat on the Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid for four whole seasons?!? It is my new obsession. Here’s why. First, the story of how I came to finally jump on the bandwagon of this mega-hit. In San Francisco for the weekend, I turned on the hotel T.V. When I’m […]

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The latest

I’m back home from a whirlwind weekend in San Francisco. I was in SF to attend the annual librarian convention and an awards ceremony. Both were awesome! But perhaps my favorite part of this weekend was that it fell on Gay Pride Day. And not just any Pride Day, but the one right after the […]

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(PHOTO) American Library Association Annual Conference

ALA’s annual conference is the best!! Imagine being in a wonderland of all the new books coming out, with tons of your favorite authors there live and in person, and everyone talking about books and how to get them into the hands of people. (This fantasy only appeals to you if you’re a hopeless book […]

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American Library Association Annual Conference

ALA’s annual conference is the best!! Imagine being in a wonderland of all the new books coming out, with tons of your favorite authors there live and in person, and everyone talking about books and how to get them into the hands of people. (This fantasy only appeals to you if you’re a hopeless book […]

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Hello, San Francisco!

Today I landed in my adopted second city, San Francisco, for ALA, the annual librarian convention. I dragged my neat little wheelie bag on to the Air Train and fired up Google News. There I saw it: while I was dozing during my very early transcontinental flight, gay marriage became… just marriage. And our country […]

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