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(PHOTO) Paperback is in the house!

I was excited for the UPS guy to arrive today because I was expecting some gorgeous (albeit way oversized) lanterns for my garden. (Yes, it’s official, I need Garden Lanterns Anonymous). What I WASN’T expecting was that nestled amid all the gynormous boxes he’d leave one perfect little padded envelope from my editor… with this!!! […]

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I can’t believe it

My little boy – who was so tiny just a minute ago – is now a young man. I don’t usually postabout my kids here, but this has been a month of marking the passing time. It’s nothing but high schoolers for me next year. It is so strange to know that a human I […]

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And the best part

Okay, I promise after this one I’ll stop. It’s just that Judy Blume is so darn wonderful and doesn’t stop teaching me things. Last night, during her talk prior to the book signing, she told the story of a man who helped her make her deadline by taking on the task of writing the fictionalized […]

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Writing advice from Judy Blume

Last night I sat on a hard chair in a room crammed with 400 strangers to hear one of my childhood idols speak and, later, have her sign my book. And it was wonderful. Judy Blume is the beloved author of 28 books which have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide. You’d figure that […]

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Judy Blume in New Jersey TO-NIGHT!

I have loved books for a long time, and probably one of the first people responsible for creating that love is the author Judy Blume. No one spoke to me quite like she did, understanding my secrets and my fears, pointing a way without being ham-handed about it. Her book, TIGER EYES, helped me realize […]

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Signing this Saturday

Librarians: Will you be at this year’s annual American Library Association Conference in San Francisco? If so, I’d love to meet you! I will be doing a signing at the Moscone Center, Hall D, Booth 3138 at 3:00 p.m. I’ll be signing brand-spanking-new copies of my paperback (and it’s the first time I’ll get to […]

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Solstice

Today is that yummy day when those of us in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy the longest period of sunlight in our year. Celestial events have long influenced humans, giving our lives a certain rhythm. Now that we spend so much of our time indoors, we are less apt to celebrate things like the solstice. (It’s […]

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Nasturtium jewels

When we are small, it’s impossible to know how we’re being shaped by the things we see and experience. If you’d told me when I was a kidthat some part of my brain was watching intently as my mother gardened, I would have never believed you. I had no idea why she went and dug […]

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Why we need a woman on the $10 bill

Since “woman on the currency” thing got started, I have been honestly wracking my brain to think of a suitable candidate–that is, a woman who had profound and lasting impact on American life to the level of the current honorees. I honestly have not come up with single person, anyone who even rose to the […]

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The birthday sads

On Friday, two days before my birthday, my kids walked up to a local pizzeria to buy a pizza pie. Because I can’t eat gluten (a component of wheat), I haven’t had pizza in over a year. When she arrived, my daughter texted me a picture of a new sign at the place: “We now […]

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