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Midweek Questions from My Readers
Every once in a while I like to answer some of the questions you’ve sent me. Some are related to writing, some are more personal, and my goal in these posts is to answer two of each. (Almost) anything goes, so feel free to add new questions with your comments and I’ll try to answer…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Favorite Job Ever!
What was yours and what made it so special? I’ll start it off with my own story this week. 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 interpret it. Thanks to all of you who’ve contributed.…
Read MoreBirth Control Craziness
I lost my virginity at the age of eighteen. I loved the boy; in retrospect I can’t imagine why. Still, I was head-over-heels smitten, the sort of smitten that had me sketching his picture in my notebooks and skipping classes to be with him. I hadn’t completely lost my mind, however: I knew I didn’t…
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 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 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…
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