What You Know Now
At the launch for The Lost Husband, I read a short scene from the book, and then I also read an essay that I wrote a...
FIRST first novel
Here’s Katherine telling the quick story of how she wrote her first...
secret mission: Mondo Beyondo
I am lucky in a thousand ways this summer. And one of them is that I get to help host a Secret Mission for the Dream...
how women take care of each other
Okay, lucky me. After I made this video lots of other fun projects came my way. One of those projects was to make a...
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...
public service announcement
Check out Katherine’s commercial for Writers In The Schools!
defining a movement
My friend Laura asked me to make a video for the Mom 2.0 Summit art show that’s coming up in February. And here...
the girls
I’ve been feeling feisty lately. The brouhaha over Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten books of 2009 —...
s i s t e r s
I stumbled on this little moment in our old home movies over the weekend and couldn’t believe how sweet it was....
gorgeousness
Last spring, the amazing Mary Swenson took these photos for me in response to a quote I sent her from Everyone Is...
life on the D-list
> Just got a message from my publicist at Random House that there’s a section of Kathy Griffin’s Bravo...
writing wednesday: life with kids
Here’s a Writing Wednesday about life with kids. The question comes up over and over: How do you do both?...
100 things I am grateful for
It’s been that kind of summer. The kind where it seemed like a good idea to make a list the things I am...
revising a draft
Here’s me, yesterday, revising an early draft of a story. This is what it looks like early on–lots of...
writing wednesday! too much coolness ...
This Writing Wednesday is about naming characters. And why you have to do it carefully and not just buy a baby book...
do you make an outline when you write...
It’s Thursday morning! So that must mean it’s time for Writing Wednesday! This question is from Jaime,...
it's Monday, so that must mean: ...
I’ve seen enough rambling homemade videos on YouTube to know it’s important to keep these Writing...
writing wednesday: friday edition!
I recorded this Writing Wednesday post yesterday, and my husband was like, “You do know it’s Thursday,...
written on the body
I’m not sure how I came up with the idea to do this. But a few weeks back, I decided that I wanted to paint...
couldn't wait for Wednesday!
There’s a good possibility I may never actually post on Wednesday. But here’s the first one! Kicking...






