Me and Mr. Muir, my hero. There are those among my friends who hate getting older. “Wouldn’t you kill to be 20 again?” one of my pals has...

This week’s blog is devoted to you, my lovely readers, who have been so wonderful and welcoming as I’m trotting around the country on...

Sure. This happens. I’m going on book tour this week, guys! Got my outfits mostly picked out, got my itinerary printed, have checked the...

Note to my children: Stop reading here. A little hint about ON SECOND THOUGHT here… I really loved writing certain scenes that (cough)...

You’re doing it right, kid. When I was a kid, being sick was so much fun! For one, you got to stay home when your siblings had to go to...

ON SECOND THOUGHT features two half-sisters—Kate, ten years older, the cool, sophisticated sister, a photographer by trade, someone who...

There have been times in my life when I thought I could never be happy again. Middle school was an especially rough time for me. The year...

Well, it’s that time of year, so I’m going to tell you a story about Christmas. It’s not really the happiest story, but I think it’s a...

Today is one of those days when McIrish is at work, and Dearest Son and I are home alone. We have no plans to leave the house. I baked...

We love to scare each other in my family. It’s how we show love. Hugging, pah. Anyone can hug. My mom and her youngest brother excel at...

In the book I’m writing now, someone is ghosted. That’s a newish term (to me, anyway, I’m behind on these things). Ghosting is when all...

I am not a collector of much. Shoes, maybe, but those are a professional necessity (cough). I’ve saved every card my kids have ever made...

in a galaxy very, very close…well, our galaxy, actually, I was a sulky adolescent and my dad took me to New York City. We stayed in what...

Mickey says, “Call 911!” This week, I have to go to the Romance Writers of America National Board meeting. It’s three days, usually a...

As you might know if you follow me on Facebook and Twitter, this week marked the 10th anniversary of my first book being published. To...

In writing romance and women’s fiction, I try to create heroes who are everything I’d want in a man. Men who are like my husband. Men...

I always love seeing Rockefeller Center. My agent’s office is in one of these buildings, and it’s just so cool to visit her. I had my...

I read an article on family traditions recently…things like the youngest child getting to open the first present on Christmas morning, or...

The Princess and I have a little thing we do—we talk about when we’ll live together, just the two of us. She hasn’t yet had a place of...

Of all the stories from September 11, the one that gets me the most is of Abe Zelmanowitz and Ed Beyea, computer programmers in the World...