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Leftovers

I read in an advice column recently a letter from a woman who had hosted Thanksgiving last year and the next morning, one of the guests called her and berated her for not giving out the leftovers. The writer couldn't fathom why she was supposed to give away her...

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Countdown to T-Day

If you've read my blog for any length of time, you might be aware that I adore Thanksgiving. Any holiday dedicated to a week's worth of cooking that is devoured in about 20 minutes makes my heart go pitter-pat with delight. I mean, come on, I have an entire Category...

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The Excerpt is Up

Yes, that's right. The excerpt for How I Met My Countess is up, which also means it won't be that much longer before the book is hitting the shelves. If you read it and love it, will you do me a favor? Hit one of the social networking buttons at the bottom and share...

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Refreshing the Well

Needless to say, this hasn't been the easiest year for me, but I finally feel like I've found my feet again. (I am so Irish, that as I wrote that, I thought to myself, "oh, you've gone and cursed yourself now.") Curses aside, I ended up having to cancel a lot of...

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My RWA National Conference

Was spent at home. Sorry to dupe you, but when I got pneumonia I had to cancel all my travel plans. So this past week and weekend I would have been in Washington DC. Considering how much I was looking forward to conference in DC, I was surprised that after I canceled...

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The New Series

Here is the problem:  I come up with an idea for a new series, propose it, Avon loves it, and I start writing. Of course, the last book in the previous series is well into production, somewhere off doing what books do once they leave the safety of the author's nest....

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