reading tonight at Brazos Bookstore in H-town!

Remember last week when I went to Borders and got yelled-at for taking a photo of my book on display?? I posted about it on Facebook.  And within about five minutes, Sally, who works at Brazos and is a Facebook buddy of mine, wrote to let me know that I should have come to Brazos. […]

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cupcakes 2.0

I am never in on the ground floor of anything.  But my friend Laura invited me to be a part of the first-ever Mom 2.0 Summit in Houston last weekend.  And I went.  And I brought cupcakes.  And I made the toppers myself.  ‘Cause I’m crafty that way.  (Or at least, I used to be.) […]

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is it Valentine’s day yet?

‘Cause I am ready to post this image from my e-friend Mary’s awesome blog, It’s Pretty Good. She takes amazing photos of the beautiful things in her life and then puts the text of the entry right on top! I love the way she sees beauty all around her. In a stack of teacups: A […]

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I really, really want to live here

And it’s for sale!  And I kind of feel like if you love a house enough, and are pure of heart, it ought to just magically become yours. It actually belongs to some acquaintances of mine, and it is even fabulous-er in person.  The plaster walls, the archways, the old barn wood on the floors. […]

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design mom

I was so star-struck today to see Everyone Is Beautiful featured on Design Mom.  Gabrielle Blair is not only completely beautiful and exceptionally cool, she’s also unbelievably nice.  And kind of a superhero.  She’s a designer, a mom, a famous blogger (her blog is huge–and for good reason, because everything about it is deliciously swanky), […]

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this book will change your life

I just had a crazy couple of days meeting and visiting with feminist superstar Naomi Wolf.  She’s written many famous books, but the one that I have dog-eared and underlined on my bookshelf of favorites is The Beauty Myth–a book I read just out of college.  It profoundly altered my thinking about issues of beauty […]

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what’s not to love?

I came across this poster on Etsy from a shop called Blossom Time and just love the gray and pink, and the font, and the shape of that delightful square cake and how the filling looks a little bit nuclear.  Plus, I’m kind of a sucker for 1950s publicity  photos.  And, of course, cake in […]

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and now there were two

Got the hardcover for Everyone Is Beautiful in the mail this weekend, and it’s a scrumptious and delectable thing.  It won’t go on sale until February 17, but I took it over to my friend Karen‘s house this week where my friend Laura had the great idea to put it next to its sister.  Then […]

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d-o-n-e-!

I just finished my 3rd novel and sent it to my editor.  I’m totally in love with the story and having a hard time making myself stop writing.  It’s called Get Lucky and it’s the story of a woman who offers to have a baby for her sister.  Then hilarity and, of course, heartbreak ensue. […]

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