Thanksgiving grateful list

Most years, during Thanksgiving dinner, the members of my family go around the dinner table and express what we are grateful for that year.  It’s kind of corny, for sure, but it’s also nice to be reminded of our blessings when so often, we are more concerned with the bad things in our life and…

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My Trip to Toronto Part II

Welcome to Part II of my trip to Toronto When we left off, the BookBuzz Toronto event had come to a conclusion. *Tear* In this post, I will recap my experiences from the following day. I failed to mention in my earlier post that while getting a pedicure for my trip, my phone charger accidentally…

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Merry Chicklit!

Today marks the release of Merry Chicklit, an anthology of holiday-inspired short stories. This collection of seasonal short stories is extra special since it was created to benefit the charity Rocking the Road for A Cure, a NY based breast cancer charity that sends out volunteers to help women with breast cancer with their everyday…

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my trip to Toronto Part I

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the scandal involving Toronto’s Mayor, Rob Ford.  I’m not blogging about him today and lord knows, New York City has had its share of politician-related disgraces, but the subject of my post is Toronto. I had the privilege of spending a few days in…

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I am my characters

People often comment on how “real” my characters are and they ask me how I create such believable heroines. I suppose it is because most of my work is grounded in reality. My characters are not me but some of their struggles, particularly with men, come from my own struggles—even if I don’t realize it…

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Finding Comfort in Bookstores

As you might know, Blogger Girl is currently on tour with Chick Lit Plus Blog Tours. As part of the tour, over the next three weeks, amazing blogs will be posting reviews of Blogger Girl as well as guest posts that I wrote. I would love to share the guest post I wrote for Chicklit…

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Cover reveal: Hard Hats and Doormats

I am thrilled to participate in the Cover Reveal for author Laura Chapman’s debut novel Hard Hats and Doormats! Laura’s blog Change the Word is one of my favorites and I am so excited to watch her segue from blogger to author and I wish her much success in her writing career.   Drum roll…

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Having A Three-Way…Indie Style!

I have some amazing friends and when we get together, we can talk Ad Nauseam about everything from men to annoying family members to sports to current events (not that often, admittedly) to pop culture and more. But since most of my friends are not writers, I try to keep my “author talk” to a…

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