Shirred Eggs and First Drafts
2010 kicked off with a bang. Well, not really because we fell asleep before we could do any fireworks, but the minute I woke up I was back to work on book four. It’s nearing completion but the truth is it will continue to be a work in progress until the book comes back from [...]
Got Friendship Bread?
If you’re following me on Facebook, chances are you’ve been hit—more than a few times—with images and posts from my new Facebook page, Friendship Bread Kitchen. Friendship Bread Kitchen is my new virtual kitchen, but unlike Café World (an addictive Facebook application that lets you run a restaurant and cook lots of fun things and [...]
Wanting is a Very Good Thing
2010. I have been waiting for this year to come for reasons I cannot explain. I actually started writing it on checks last year. I have photos that I’ve dated 2010 when it was 2009. I’d say it even trumps 2020 for me, a year that I’m sure will get lots of media coverage and [...]
Visualizing 2010: Crafting Your Future
You’ve probably heard about vision boards. Basically it’s crafting your future — literally and figuratively. It got a lot of press when The Secret was out a few years ago, and Oprah even partnered with Getty Images to create an O Dream Board desktop application so people could make vision boards without ever have to [...]
Ode to Happy Endings
I read a lot. It doesn’t matter if the kids are screaming or a deadline is looming, I have to read. Fiction, nonfiction, all books call to me but at the end of the day I gravitate towards books with those gosh darn happy endings.
I’m not talking about fluffy or cotton-candy-pink kind of happy (though [...]
TABLE MANNERS in Bookstores TODAY!
The dining room is a theater … the table is a stage.
Chatillon-Plessis
What a perfect quote to announce the official release of TABLE MANNERS, my third novel published by Berkley Books/Penguin USA! Today is the day, and I’m thrilled to be in sunny northern California for its release.
I have a contest going on in celebration: I [...]
Almost There …
We’re only a few days away from the official release of TABLE MANNERS and I gotta tell you—I can’t wait!
I’m in rural Washington right now, looking at the gorgeous lakes and trees and mountain that inspired GOOD THINGS and its sequel. The trip from Hawaii to Washington was … well, let’s just say that I [...]
Good Things in the Mail…
Or the sequel to Good Things, to be exact! (Which, by the way, is on sale at Amazon.com this week for less than $5!)
My publisher, Berkley/Penguin, just sent me an early copy of Table Manners. I love getting packages but of course this was especially exciting. I’ve been working on the book for over a [...]
