Join me and 37 other Lake Union authors on Tuesday, March 7th for a fantastic online event. From 4:30 PM – 9 PM EST, the ladies of the Lake will be chatting live on Twitter. Join the fun and enter to win free books, audiobooks, or other prizes.

Grateful to Bethany Clark at One Book At A Time for the opportunity to share my writing tips with aspiring authors. Check out the blog and enter to win all three of my books signed!

Today I had the good fortune of driving my sixteen-year-old son to an appointment thirty-five minutes from our home. Now that the boys are driving, our time together in the car is priceless. Seventy minutes with just him alone was jackpot-worthy. I couldn’t wait. We took our seats, fastened seatbelts, and I watched as he held onto his cell phone swiping and scrolling and typing away.

Mom wasn't easy in her early seventies. I have to believe that we had her for her very best years and now she's kicking back watching us from above and all around just tickled by the accomplishments and growth of her kids and grandkids. For the grandkids I'd wish for another twenty years. One hundred would've suited her just fine. To them, she'd be ageless and easy and fun, talking Heat and Dolphins while serving matzah ball soup and asking about school. For us, it might have been, well, challenging.

Guest blog at books a la mode. It can happen to you!

Whether you self-publish or take the traditional route, check out my guest post on playing nice in the sandbox. www.weheartwriting.com.

Quora questions featured in Huff Post.

“I would never send my child to that school,” said my friend after I toured the local public high school in my community. And while I don’t need to make this rather weighty decision for another year, this is how we moms are trained to act in the era when high school seniors such as Suzie Lee Weiss are outlining the harsh realities facing college applicants in razor sharp Wall Street Journal op-eds. That’s a topic for a different blog.

As promised, and in keeping with my tradition to PAY IT FORWARD, I am sharing some tips on how to succeed in publishing your first book.

Today I had the honor of speaking at West Boca Raton High School to the 11th grade Honors English class. Their amazing teacher, Lauren Schneider, decided to change things up. The kids read THE MOURNING AFTER in class this past month, and we had a thoughtful discussion about the book and how it came to life. I had a feeling the kids were going to teach me more than I could ever teach them. They did not disappoint.