I was thinking about things that make me happy…no-fail, small things that brighten any day. And so, being a lover of lists, I made one...

While you may know I love to write about bad boyfriends, I have a confession to make. I was never a very good girlfriend. I like to think...

I have three nieces and three nephews. They range in age from 15 years old to 4 months, and I adore them all and am adored in return....

Harriet the Spy was one of my favorite books as a kid. First of all, she was allowed to roam through New York City alone. Secondly, she...

It’s been a quiet week here in Lake Woebegone, as the saying goes. And that’s just fine with me. Life gives us moments of grace, and this...

It’s funny what impresses the children these days. Both knew that their sainted mother was giving a big speech in Atlanta, but from their...

Something very strange happens when I write a book. I don’t know about other authors, but I generally have a love/hate/love relationships...

So, you want to see what I was up to this past week? : ) With my new best friend (yes! I made a new friend!) Ron Smith, who ran the sound...

My day thus far has been pretty great. So nice when that happens, isn’t it? Well, the first part was fairly wretched, simply because I...

My friend kindly met me at the Apple store the other day as the geniuses failed to fix my computer (sigh). We suggested that the real...

So my Mac wasn’t working that well, which meant I spent way, way too long on the phone with many of the lovely people at Apple. No one...

I’ve been thinking about book covers a lot lately. When I’m in a bookstore, it’s the first thing I’m drawn to, unless I’m there for a...

My dear old dad has been gone for almost a quarter-century. No, no, it’s not going to be one of those sob-fest blogs, don’t worry. Not...

I just got back from a few days alone at the Cape, where I was wrestling my latest manuscript into submission (it’s getting there, though...

As is true in many a romantic tale, I met the man I’d marry when the last thing I wanted was a boyfriend. I’d had it with boyfriends! Me,...

I love hotels. That’s good because I stay in hotels a lot. For business, I like a comfy bed, lots of counter space in the loo, a remote...

One of the things I struggle with is insomnia. I’m extremely high maintenance at bedtime, as McIrish can tell you: I need a perfect room...

I’m not in love with my current hero. Oh, his personality is fine. He’s great! Very alpha and smokin’ hot and yummy. But I STILL don’t...

When I first started writing, our large, ungainly Mac was in the unused bedroom in our little house. Our kids shared a room at the time,...

The other day, I had to be in the great city of Manhattan, that architectural miracle, the center of the universe, as it is so modestly...