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This, and This, and This
March 24, 2025
Hi friends, I spent last weekend in Chatham, New York (my dad’s hometown!) with a couple of writer pals, on a little self-directed writer’s retreat. While...
Keeping It Local
February 19, 2025
Hello friends, Over the last few weeks, Ordinary Devotion and I have been shown a ton of local love. First, on January 23rd, I chatted with my new author-pal...
For Your Reading Pleasure
January 8, 2025
Hi pals, I recently added a page to my website, “Reviews, Interviews, Essays,” where I’ve put links to all of the reviews, interviews, and essays (duh) I’ve...
Thank you's, and a small ask
December 18, 2024
Friends, I am still all a-glow from both my book release at Stanza Books last month—thank you so much to everyone who came (and there were A LOT of...
It's giving thanks
November 27, 2024
Things I’m thankful for: -Everyone who joined me at Stanza Books on November 9 for my book release party! There were about 40 (!) people there and they sold...
It's publication day and nothing else important is happening today
November 5, 2024
Friends, First: if you haven’t already, vote today, please. After that, if you’d like a distraction from the anxious prognostication/nail biting/waiting for...
One Month from Today...
October 5, 2024
Today is October 5. The US election is exactly one month away. And so is the publication date for ORDINARY DEVOTION. Yes, my very first novel is being...
Back from Ye Olde England
September 10, 2024
Hi friends, Sam, Alex, Elliot, and I spent the last two weeks of August in the United Kingdom: London, the Cotswolds, Wales (Pembrokeshire and Denbighshire),...
Let's Stay Inside and Read Books
August 4, 2024
Hi friends, It’s too hot out (for me, at least) and I’m gearing up for a family trip to the UK in 2 weeks (I haven’t been back in over a decade and as some...
Correction!
July 7, 2024
The reading at Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Garden will take place SUNDAY July 21, not Saturday. My apologies, and thanks for catching that and letting me...
Too Hot, Too Quiet (and a Reading!)
July 7, 2024
Friends, it’s brutally hot out there, so I’m in my house being very grateful for air conditioning. It’s freakishly quiet here: Elliot is at sleep-away camp...
School's (nearly) out, book's (nearly) finished!
June 3, 2024
School is beginning to wind down for my kids; it’s mostly Field Days, concerts, and Regents exams for the next three weeks. I also just went through a mini-...
Florida!!! ... and medieval England?
May 1, 2024
Hello friends, I just got back from a fabulous long weekend in Pensacola, celebrating the marriage of 2 dear old friends. I haven’t spent much time in...
new look, same newsletter!
April 3, 2024
Hello! Yes, this newsletter looks different than the one I sent a few weeks ago. The one that showed off the cover of my book, remember? Because I like it so...
I Read Lots of Books, and I Wrote One, Too
March 11, 2024
So, on occasion, I'll write here about my book, and other books
Coming soon
March 3, 2024
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