unplugged
I’m taking the month off from the Web. It’s a radical thing to do, but there it is. I’ve got a...
how to make a comfort list
In Get Lucky, the main character makes a “comfort list” of things that are soothing. Here it...
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...
praise for Get Lucky
“[A] thoroughly enjoyable girlish romp.” – Library Journal “Center delivers an original, engaging, and...
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,...
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...
book trailer for Get Lucky
Get Lucky is a novel about many different things, but one of them is sisters. I have two sisters,...
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...
questions about Get Lucky
The concept of sisterhood is an ongoing theme throughout the book. Are Mackie and Sarah foil characters? Does...
you're invited!!!
Pretty much every book-related thing I do is fun. But there’s something extra-magical about a book launch...
excerpt: Get Lucky
GET LUCKY: A Novel — Chapter 1 First: I got fired. For emailing a website with hundreds of pictures of...
Excerpt from The Bright Side of Disas...
Chapter 1 The end began with a plane crash. Just before midnight on a Tuesday in February. A girl I’d never met...
surreal
Plenty of surreal things have happened in my life. But I’m not sure I’ve ever quite felt anything like...
what I'm working on
I’m taking a little break from novel-writing this week to make a video essay for the upcoming Mom 2.0 Summit in...
Everyone Is Beautiful goes on sale in...
Everyone Is Beautiful goes on sale in the...
the bright side of disaster: in germa...
The Bright Side of Disaster goes on sale in GERMANY on January 18,...
The Bright Side of Disaster: in Czech
The Bright Side of Disaster goes on sale in the Czech Republic! Translated title: Everything Bad Is Good For...
my new new novel
About five minutes ago, I sent the first three chapters of my new novel to my editor at Random House. It...
loving this today
I stumbled across this German cover for The Bright Side of Disaster this morning! At first, because of the cake, I...
the girls
I’ve been feeling feisty lately. The brouhaha over Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten books of 2009 —...
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