Giving Thanks

It’s that time of year again. The one where we cease all normal activity and are forced to sit at a dinner table with a bunch of people we probably don’t see that often (or sometimes even necessarily like all that much). In some households, we hold hands with these people, say a prayer, then […]

Live from Harry Potter! Arcade Fire! RWA! and More!

More Reports From the Front Lines Okay, so I’m definitely no Christiane Amanpour because I’m finally home and I know I did a horrible job of reporting from the front lines (except for the occasional Tweet/Facebook update). Which sucks because there’s so much I meant to tell you guys (especially those of you who want […]

Reporting live from the front lines of RWA

Hi, it’s me, reporting live from the front lines here at the 30th annual Romance Writers of America conference, where can I just tell you the air is tingling with the excitement of the pre-published waiting to snag a meeting with an editor or agent . . . not to mention the already published hoping […]

Gossip, Lindsay, Covers, and RWA

It’s that time of year again, the time when most of us are off to camp or vacation (or, if you’re Lindsay Lohan, jail). Well, writers aren’t any different. I’m off to Orlando for the ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL CONVENTION. (Yeah, I did get a little excited writing that, thanks.) I’m especially excited to […]

Be Princessy

I totally forgot that, in addition to Harry Potter 6 opening today (I’ve got my tickets! I’ll be standing in line in a few hours…I’m feverish with anticipation!), today is the day of the big national Romance Writers of America conference (and literacy signing)! So if you live in the Washington DC area, drop everything […]

Barbara, Hugh, and Me

So much to blog about! Really, lots has been going on–aside from the usual stuff, like trying to make my deadline and attempting to avoid my summer nemesis: bugs. I hate them. They love me. There are a lot more of them than there are of me. They are winning–mostly involving the amount of (not […]

So much to talk about…

…so little time! So many things are going on I can’t even handle it. It is totally blowing my snorkle buzz. Anyway, okay, first off, Queen of Babble in the Big City made the hardcover New York Times bestseller list, which is such a huge deal, you guys cannot even believe it. So thank you […]

HWSNBNITB

Can you believe it’s been nearly four years since I started keeping this blog? And that in all that time, I have never posted a photo of my husband (who also prefers not to have his name mentioned) here? A lot of people have written to me to ask why He Who Shall Not Be […]

RWA to NYC to JKR

So I spent the latter half of last week in Atlanta, Georgia, attending the twenty-sixth Romance Writers of America conference. A lot of people, when I mention that I have been a member of this organization since 1998, ask, “Why? You're not a romance writer.” Au contraire, mon frere! I am and have always been […]