St. Patrick’s Day Post and Excerpt

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Almost every year since my freshmen year in college, I have adopted an “Irish for One Day” existence. I have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with gusto—from “Kegs and Eggs” parties with the boys from Tau Kappa Epsilon in college, to post-college and way post-college afternoons spent drinking pints of Guinness and doing…

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my trip to Seattle Part Two

Welcome to part two of my trip to Seattle. In part one, I blogged about the professional aspect of my trip—attending the AWP Writers Conference and Bookfair, and meeting other members of my publishing family. Today, I am blogging about the pleasure portion of my trip. Two of my favorite people reside in Seattle and…

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My trip to Seattle Part One

Happy March! The feet-numbing cold has made it clear that I’ve left Seattle and returned to my hometown of New York City. My weekend in Seattle might be over, but the memories remain. I had a fabulous time! I almost didn’t get there as I was flying standby with a buddy pass thanks to the…

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writing, colds, and Seattle Oh My

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted a more personal blog, so today is your lucky day! I’m writing this from a writer’s group I connected with through Meetup. I’m in a few of them. It’s nice to interact with other writers and it’s also a great motivator to get out there and put…

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Valentine’s Day ebook Super Sale!

We’re spreading the love this Valentine’s day. Ten fabulous (and mostly chick-lit) authors have teamed up to offer you an amazing ebook promo. See below to download FREE or hugely discounted bestselling books. Valentine’s Day only. It’s Got to Be Perfect– FREE – today only! #1 Amazon Bestseller (Humour) #1 Amazon Hot New Releases ‘A…

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Valentine’s Day Celebration – fun, flirty facts about Nicholas Strong

The Valentine’s Day Celebration continues with my interview of Nicholas Strong, leading man of Blogger Girl.                 Meredith: Who is the celebrity you’ve been told you look like?                 Nicholas: *laughs* Most recently, I am being told I resemble Peeta from The Hunger Games but it’s only because no one would call either of us…

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Valentine’s Q&A with Blogger Girl’s Kimberly Long

It’s almost upon us— Valentine’s Day— the “romantic love” holiday. In honor of this festive-for-some-depressing-for-others-day, a bunch of popular chick lit/romantic comedy authors thought it would be fun to feature the more romantic aspects of our books on our blogs all week. Today, Kimberly Long, the main character in my most recent release, Blogger Girl,…

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Cover reveal and extract for IF YOU ONLY KNEW by Zanna MacKenzie

I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for Zanna MacKenzie’s third novel If You Only Knew. Keep reading for an excerpt and information on this fabulous chick lit author. Book: If You Only Knew Publisher: Crooked Cat Publishing Published on:  February 7th 2014 Genre: Chicklit Tag line:   Is the past about to destroy the future for…

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My thoughts on Super Bowl XLVIII Part two

Well, I’ll be damned; the Seahawks won the Super Bowl! Quite a surprise to most of the people at the bar last night who were rooting for the Broncos. I kept quiet throughout the game rather than bragging since, like I said in my earlier post, even though my public preference was for a Seahawks…

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