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My Heart Is Breaking Over Nora Ephron’s Death
I was on Twitter late this afternoon when I saw a tweet from the New York Times with the breaking news that Ephron, my idol, my heroine, the woman who inspired me to become a writer in the first...
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Four More Novels Go Digital!
Last week, I had the pleasure of reporting that six of my backlist titles were finally available in ebook editions. Today, I’m here to announce that four more novels have been converted and are...
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Beware “Bachelorette”
Having loved “Bridesmaids” and being a proponent of female-centric comedies, even raunchy ones, I was eager to see “Bachelorette” despite the mixed reviews. Some of the critics praised the fact that...
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Birthdays Are To Be Celebrated, Period
That’s my pal, Melodie Johnson Howe, mystery writer extraordinaire and the proud celebrant at last night’s birthday dinner for her at Montecito’s Tre Lune. (She’s holding a piece of their yummy...
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Being the Best of Something
No, I’m not talking about winning an Oscar, although Hollywood’s awards season is here and I’m busily trying to see all the films that’ll be nominated as well as those that should be. This is about...
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All This Week: “Sis Boom Bah” For Just 99 Cents!
People magazine called my novel about two bickering sisters “a delightful summer read,” so I figured why not do a special deal on the ebook edition this summer? Starting today and all week long, until...
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Such A Deal: “Infernal Affairs” Is About To Be 99 Cents!
For the past few months we’ve been doing special promotions on the ebook editions of my novels, and this week the ebook getting the spotlight is my third novel, Infernal Affairs. Starting tomorrow,...
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Holiday Sale on Ebooks!
Starting December 3rd, the ebook editions of the following 11 of my novels will have a new lower, very sweet price just in time for Christmas, New Year’s and into 2014! They’re going from $4.99 to...
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Now Playing on My Kindle: “This Is Where I Leave You”
Somehow, Jonathan Tropper’s NYT bestselling novel, This Is Where I Leave You, had escaped my notice, or at least until recently. I started reading about the movie version, which Tropper adapted and...
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No More Caregiving from 3,000 Miles Away
I haven’t spent my May 2nd birthday with my mother in many years. I’ve been living in California and only visited her in Mt. Kisco, in New York’s northern Westchester County, in the summers. After Mom...
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My Friend Died, and It Sucks
Michael and I were living in Florida, about to move to LA, when I got an email from a woman named Laurie Burrows Grad. She said she was chairing a Penn Women Author Event to commemorate 100 years of...
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My New Motto: Life Is Too Short to Finish Books and Anything Else That...
I must be getting wiser in my Medicare age. I used to feel compelled to finish virtually everything. I used to sit there watching movies that were boring me or annoying me or giving me no pleasure or...
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