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Back in August, when Jodi Picoult tweeted about the New Y...

Back in August, when Jodi Picoult tweeted about the New York Times' predilection for reviewing the fiction of white men, people wondered: is this true?

A few weeks after the #franzenfreude conversation began, the bloggers at Slate's DoubleX.com ran the numbers…and found that they're even worse than regular readers of the paper might have guessed.

Of all of the fiction the New York Times reviewed last year, only 38 percent was written by women.

Of all the novels that got the coveted double review...

I can remember – I bet lots of fans can – the day I disco...

I can remember – I bet lots of fans can – the day I discovered Jenny Crusie.

I was a single girl at the time, a working reporter and wannabe novelist with a manuscript languishing under my bed. One night, I was browsing in the bookstore, when a candy-colored cover caught my eye, along with the title TELL ME LIES.

I think it took me about a page and a half of reading about Maddie Faraday's perfect life fall apart (she finds strange panties underneath her husband's driver's seat, and things go do...

The epic battle between the scribbling women and Emperor ...

The epic battle between the scribbling women and Emperor Franzen has been immortalized in comic-book form! Check it out here.

I came up from the beach to find my mother glaring at me....

I came up from the beach to find my mother glaring at me. In the same tone she uses to ask if I've left my flatiron plugged in and turned on again, she inquired, "Did you start a movement?"

"Um…"

She waved her Times at me accusingly "It says right here you started a movement. And the New York Times doesn't lie."

Well! I thought that what I started was a hashtag on Twitter, to take bemused note of the way the literary establishment overcovers its darling du jour.

I know I did an interview with Ja...

Here's the Huffington Post interview with me and Jodi Pic...

Here's the Huffington Post interview with me and Jodi Picoult about gender, genre, and what the Times won't cover. Enjoy! And I hope everyone finds something great to read this weekend. I'm flying to LA, locked and loaded with Laura Lippman's latest, I'D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE, and MOCKINGJAY, the third book in The Hunger Games trilogy, which I'm holding off on until we're airborn.

I'm back!I survived my book tour. I met a lot of wonderfu...

I'm back!

I survived my book tour. I met a lot of wonderful readers, ate a lot of delicious cupcakes, have been thrilled with the way FLY AWAY HOME's been received in the world (and BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, too, which has been having a wonderful run in paperback this summer). Thanks so much to everyone who bought a book, came to a reading, sent me a funny tweet or Facebook message and has made me feel like It's All Worth Something.

Meanwhile! Maybe you've heard that Jonathan Franzen has a new book...

Greetings from Boston, where the Cupcakes Across America ...

Greetings from Boston, where the Cupcakes Across America has paused, briefly, for regrouping, laundry, and quality time with my children, the big girl and whatsherface.

Today's big news: if you like my books, and you like free things, you can download the Jennifer Weiner iPhone App for free today (Thursday, July 22) in the App Store. It's got tour dates, reading guides, photos from events, and all kinds of exciting links and videos.

I've had so much fun this last week on tour, meeting you guys,...

Greetings from Day Two of the Cupcakes Across America/FLY...

Greetings from Day Two of the Cupcakes Across America/FLY AWAY HOME book tour!

Here are some pictures of me reading at the Princeton Public Library!

Here is an interview in which I talk about the challenges of e-book pricing and why I live-tweet "The Bachelorette!"

Speaking of my favorite show, do you know about The Possessionista? She tracks down all the cute things Ali wears and tells you where to buy them? That cute elephant pendant from Monday night? It will be mine! Oh, yes. It will be mine...

In preparation for the Cupcakes Across America/FLY AWAY H...

In preparation for the Cupcakes Across America/FLY AWAY HOME tour, which kicks off at the Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble in NYC tomorrow night at 7:30, here's What to Expect When You're Expecting to Go to a Reading.

WHEN SHOULD I COME? Come early. Not crazy-early, but if you want a good seat, shoot for fifteen minutes before start time.

WHAT HAPPENS? Generally, I talk and tell stories for fifteen to twenty minutes. Possible topics include my mother, reality TV, what Eliot Spitzer's escort was do...

So here we are, three days out from the July 13 release o...

So here we are, three days out from the July 13 release of FLY AWAY HOME, and my editor asks, could I please Facebook and tweet about it more?

I directed her toward this article, which says that authors who incessantly beat the drums of self-promotion get unfollowed.

Then, ignoring the problem of taking Twitter advice from a woman who doesn't have that many followers, I went to the beach.

But seriously, the problem of promotion is a tricky one, especially if you are not the kind of writer who...