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how to make a comfort list

In Get Lucky, the main character makes a “comfort list” of things that are soothing.  Here it...

how to make a comfort list
posted on: May 17, 2010

the Lockhart Library

Last week, I drove out to Lockhart, Texas, with my mom for a book event.  The library in my new book is based on the...

the Lockhart Library
posted on: Apr 28, 2010

make your own luck

I’ve just made a new trailer for Get Lucky that tries to feel a little bit like the book. I was super-lucky to...

make your own luck
posted on: Apr 21, 2010

praise for Get Lucky

“[A] thoroughly enjoyable girlish romp.” – Library Journal “Center delivers an original, engaging, and...

praise for Get Lucky
posted on: Apr 14, 2010

free LUCK for everybody

So we had the book launch party for Get Lucky on Saturday. I really wasn’t sure how many people would show up,...

free LUCK for everybody
posted on: Apr 12, 2010

radio is an art

I had such a fun time this morning talking with Christopher Gabriel on his radio program at WDAY in Fargo, North...

radio is an art
posted on: Apr 7, 2010

book trailer for Get Lucky

Get Lucky is a novel about many different things, but one of them is sisters. I have two sisters,...

book trailer for Get Lucky
posted on: Apr 3, 2010

HEAR a clip from GET LUCKY

My third novel, Get Lucky, comes out next week!!  Here’s a fun, sneak-peek audio clip! Click here to...

HEAR a clip from GET LUCKY
posted on: Apr 2, 2010

excerpt: Get Lucky

GET LUCKY: A Novel — Chapter 1 First:  I got fired.  For emailing a website with hundreds of pictures of...

excerpt: Get Lucky
posted on: Mar 11, 2010

d-o-n-e-!

I just finished my 3rd novel and sent it to my editor.  I’m totally in love with the story and having a hard...

d-o-n-e-!
posted on: Jan 22, 2009