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...
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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?...
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,...
couldn't wait for Wednesday!
There’s a good possibility I may never actually post on Wednesday. But here’s the first one! Kicking...
what better day than Saturday for the...
At the suggestion of my amazing friend Brené, I’m starting a weekly series here on the blog about writing....
Everyone is Beautiful – video e...
Just got a Flip video camera, and this video documents the first time I ever used it! This is me, after a reading,...
Everyone is Beautiful video excerpt
Here’s one from the first time I ever used my Flip camera. I’d done a reading that night, outside in a...






