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...

Some of my friends keep a gratitude journal, which sounds very lovely to me, and very old-fashioned—I picture my friend Nancy sitting in...

The kids and pals at the Fourth of July neighborhood party. I hate the last week of summer. Summer, as we all know, truly ends when the...

As you might know, I was in a car accident a week ago, resulting in my car (which is named Derek Jeter) going in the shop. The repairs...

This has been a very full and lovely summer and quite old-fashioned in some ways. We’ve done a lot of porch-sitting—we do have the most...

McIrish and I are…how shall I put this?…climately opposed. In other words, when he’s hot, I’m freezing. I like a sheet covering me no...

Though I’d never buy a Tiffany diamond (just can’t go there), they sure are pretty to look at! Yesterday, I went to New York for a reader...

As you might know, I was at the Romance Writers of America National Conference in San Diego this past week, piggybacking with an RWA...

For the past nine years, I haven’t taken a break between books. That’s a long time. For nine years, I’ve had a book to work on, whether...

My dad has been dead for more than half my life, but I think of him every day. He wasn’t perfect—he was only 22 when he became a dad, 25...

Probably not this one… I need a gown for an event this summer—I’m presenting the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award to Robyn Carr....

McIrish and I were in Provincetown this weekend. It’s a new tradition—go to Cape Cod the weekend the lilacs are blooming. Ride bikes....

So let’s see…what’s been going on this week? Dearest Son almost hit another car when we were out for a drive, but luckily my maternal...

When I was an infant, my mom had a nickname for me: her Gorilla Baby. That’s because I was a preemie, and I had hair on my back when I...

Recently, I spoke at a middle school. One of the teachers there is a girl I’ve known since she was a teenager, and it was Career Day. She...

Me to Dearest Son as he practices his driving: "When we're in the car, I'm not your mother. I'm the voice of God. Got it?" Dearest: “Yes,...