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Okay, so this blog touring got away from me during this jam-packed weekend.  Here’s what’s been going on: Day 9, I had a Date with a Book (blog).  Click here for this blog tour stop. [...]

I am almost sure the mechanics of breath must have come naturally to me, at some point. It feels hard to believe, now, as I force myself to suck in a breath, and then feel the process rattle to a [...]

Maybe it was the zombies.  Or maybe it was the 10-page letter from my editor about how great my book is, now could I make these hundreds of changes.  Or maybe it was the sporadically recurring [...]

Holy smokes, this makes it feel SOOO real!  The Secret Side of Empty is available for pre-order on Amazon.com.  Click here to check it out. Funny story about how I found out.  I was Googling [...]

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks My rating: 5 of 5 stars Let me preface this by saying I am not a zombie, a zombie killer or in any way affiliated with zombies. In [...]

Today’s stops. YA Book Addicts:  book spotlight.  Click here Bestseller Bound Recomments:  book spotlight.  Click here  

Wrapping up the first week of my blog tour and enjoying the great new bloggers and new Facebook “Like-ers.”  Thanks for stopping by! Today, The Secret Side of Empty is spotlighted in [...]

Here’s an interview with me on Much-Loved Books.  Love that blog title – I hope one day that’s what people will call The Secret Side of Empty!  Click here to read the interview [...]

Today’s blog tour stop finds Hispanic little me reviewed at the Irish-est blog I’ve ever seen, Celtic Lady’s Reviews.  (The right hand column of the blog begins, “Because [...]

Today’s “stop” on the blog tour is at Confessions of an Inner Aspen.  I just love the concept of an “inner” self, a secret self which we don’t reveal to the [...]

I had a great birthday celebration.  It’s not quite over, since I have lunch with my fabulous agent tomorrow and a happy hour with some of my coolest peeps this coming Tuesday night.   [...]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars I somehow managed to get through advanced placement h.s. English classes and an English major in college without reading TKAM. Finally, [...]

Today, The Secret Side of Empty gets spotlighted in Click here to read on Reese’s Reviews. Also:  five things about Secret Side that might surprise you!  Read it here at Bex-n-Books. Come [...]

Here’s a guest post I did about one of my big influences (in life and in writing).  Click here to read it on Take Me Away – a book blog. Also, on today’s second stop, I write [...]

I have always had a thing for Superman.  I remember going to see the original Christopher Reeve movie when I was 8 years old and being enthralled.  I mean, tights, people.  And truth, justice and [...]

I wanted to start my blog tour today, on my birthday.  I am one of the few grown-ups I know who still takes delight in her birthday as if I’m turning 5 instead of my actual age.  Balloons [...]

Last week, a Cheerios ad with a biracial family made some waves due to the racist comments it elicited on YouTube.  It reminded us that race and different cultural backgrounds are still [...]

It seems that Hillary Clinton finally joined the Twittersphere.  Her bio is priceless.  My favorite part?  The TBD.  Click here to read it.

Yesterday The Washington Post broke the story that the U.S. and British governments are mining data on individuals on an unprecedented scale, with the cooperation of major U.S. internet companies [...]

June 2, 2013 – The New York Daily News, probably one of the first newspapers I ever read, did a piece on me and the story behind The Secret Side of Empty.  Pretty cool! Read it here:  New [...]

I once heard that life is about being dissatisfied.  The thinking goes it’s not necessarily a bad thing.  Dissatisfaction is what drives progress.  Dissatisfaction with foraging led to [...]