Did I have an amazing time in California at the LA Times Festival of Books? Why yes, I did . . . . . . until the tacos I had the other night came back up in the airport security line yesterday morning at LAX. I had them at a really fancy restaurant so I  Read more »

I was having the best time in NYC, helping friends to celebrate their birthdays (click here if you missed it), and shopping until I literally dropped, when I was felled by an insidious bronchial infection that was obviously released here in the city by that same terrorist cell that’s been doing such a good job  Read more »

Well, now’s your chance! Because you’re going to write an original audiobook story on Twitter! And it’s GOING to get published.

Robert B Parker, one of my favorite writers and creator of the Spenser series, just passed away (rumor has it at his desk, writing) at age 77. If you’re a Spenser fan, you know why I’m so bummed about that. No more Spenser, Hawk, and Susan to look forward to.

Is anyone really sorry to see 2009 go? If you ask me, 2009 acted like a bad houseguest, staying way too long, and leaving only chaos in its wake: Too many people died too young; too many married men proved to be cheating horndogs; and too many babies were found running around along the side  Read more »

I went to New York last week to do some non-writing related work. It was super fun! For instance, I got to meet Jane Pauley, basically one of my all-time idols: She co-hosted the Today Show, deputy anchored the NBC Nightly News, then co-hosted Dateline NBC all years before Katie Couric did….

Could this have been a crazier week? First Tiger’s wife went Carrie Underwood on him! Then my husband took a swan dive and broke his ankle!

It was an exciting weekend here in Casa Cabot. Why? Well, since I’m going to be speaking and signing at the Miami Book Festival this coming Saturday (the fair starts TODAY! Click here to see all the amazing authors who are going to be there!) the Miami Herald asked me for some advice for girls.  Read more »

This is truly a creepy Halloween. Just in time for the spookiest night of the year, a rodent (I pray that it is a rodent and not a larger mammal, such as a human being) crawled into a wall of our house and…. Died. And we cannot find its body. Do you want to know  Read more »

It’s Fantasy Fest Week here in Key West! You think things get crazy in your town for Halloween? Where I live for the week leading up to Halloween, people come from all over the world to party, elect a King and Queen (the two people who raise the most money for AIDs Help), have a  Read more »