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Questions from a Reader
I did a live Google+ Hangout yesterday during which several of my readers participated. One of my readers, Amy Feld, was unable to hook up with the Hangout (it was a technological challenge, for sure!), so she sent me her questions separately, and I thought I’d answer them here for everyone to see. (Here’s the…
Read MoreToday's Pub Day for Necessary Lies!
I’m inviting you to join me in 1960 rural North Carolina, where a fifteen-year-old girl named Ivy Hart wants only two things: to hold the tattered remnants of her family together and to one day marry and have children with the boy she’s loved since she was a little girl. I’d like you to see…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Resilience (and a contest)
I know you thought I disappeared from the blog for good! My deadline had to take precedence, and I’m still not finished with my work-in-progress, but I’ve missed my blog readers so here I am for the weekend! I’ve been dealing with deadlines, all sorts of great promotions for Necessary Lies (which just happens to…
Read MoreIt's Pub Day in the United Kingdom for Necessary Lies!
For once, my UK, Irish and Australian readers get to go first! For those of you in North America, your turn will come soon: September 3rd. (That’s the UK cover on the left; the North American cover on the right). I’d wanted to write this book for many years and I’m thrilled it’s finally seeing…
Read MoreMidweek Questions from My Readers: Part 3
On Facebook, I asked for some questions that were a bit out of the ordinary and received plenty! So here’s part 3. Feel free to answer any of these questions yourself in the comments if you like! I’m trying to alternate “personal” and “professional” questions, so here goes: Q. When you were young, did you…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Your Favorite Place (and another Giveaway!)
I think every one of us has a favorite place. A chair by the sunny living room window. Flying in a glider above the sea. Paris! Tell us the story of your favorite place. Monday morning 10am EST, I’ll use my trusty Random Number Generator to pick a commenter to win an audio book version…
Read MoreGalley Giveaway!
My North American publisher just told me they have three Advanced Reading Copies of Necessary Lies to give away! So here’s what we’ll do. Leave a comment on this blog post–even just “hi!” will work. Thursday evening at 10pm EST I’ll use a random number generator to pick three of you to win. Unfortunately this…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Sleepovers (and a giveaway)
The little girl across from me in Starbucks is excited about going to her first slumber party tonight (she seems way too young to me, but whatever!) so I thought sleepovers would make a good Story Weekend topic. What does that word conjure up for you? I just received the audio book version of The…
Read MoreMidweek Questions from my Readers Part 2
On Facebook, I asked for some questions that were a bit out of the ordinary and received plenty! So here’s part 2. Feel free to answer any of these questions yourself in the comments. Q. If you had to live in one of your books with the people and in the community, which one would…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Honeymoons
What’s your honeymoon story? Maybe you’ve never had one, in which case you may need to borrow one from someone else. Either way, I hope you’ll play! If you’re new to Story Weekend, here’s how it works: I pick a theme and you share something from your life that relates to that theme, however you…
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