gorgeousness

Last spring, the amazing Mary Swenson took these photos for me in response to a quote I sent her from Everyone Is Beautiful.  She broke the quote down by sentences, and took a photo for each one.  Then we ran the photos in sequence and made a video.  But the photos are so amazing, they […]

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i love radio

This morning, I did a radio interview with Christopher Gabriel on his program for AM 970 WDAY in Fargo, ND, and it was SO MUCH FUN. Click here to listen to the AM 970 WDAY interview with Christopher Gabriel

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advance readers’ edition

The AREs for Get Lucky are all printed up — and just arrived in the mail at my house.  It’s still a 6-month wait for the actual book, but it’s always a thrill to see the AREs. It’s amazing how different the words look on the pages of the book.  The new layout seems to […]

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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 show My Life on the D-List that has my book cover in it!  She has a book coming out with Random House, and she filmed a segment of the show at their offices.  And right behind […]

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Favorite quotes from Everyone is Beautiful

A reporter asked me last week to put together some of my favorite quotes from Everyone Is Beautiful for a story she’s doing.  And so I did.  I’ve been writing new stuff, and blogging, and goofing off with my kids this summer–and it had been a while since I’d spent any time with Everyone Is […]

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great review from USA Today!

USA Today just featured Everyone Is Beautiful in their “Women’s Fiction Round-up”–and gave it a glowing review! They say, “This is a breezy read that glows, in part, because its characters bask in the sunny side of life.”

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the BEAUTIFUL commemorative cupcake!

My friend Nicole, a phenomenal chef, invented these sweet cupcakes to bring to the reading at Watermark Books in Anacortes, WA.  Here they are, coming into existence.  First, the cupcakes–hot outta the oven: The homemade caramel filling: The homemade caramel filling IN the cupcakes! The homemade whipped-cream icing: And the sprinkles:

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swell food for salty dogs

I am visiting one of my best friends from college here on my book tour.  She’s lives up north of Seattle in a charming and picturesque town called Anacortes.  She runs her own restaurant, and has been running it for several years, but I’ve been home with my little kids–and I’ve never seen it until […]

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