August 9, 2017 The Balance Project interview series has been on hiatus for over a year. I posted the last interview in November, 2016, but I stopped publishing regularly last May. I was ambivalent about taking the time off, but I knew it was the right decision because I wanted to focus on my writing and the other business of [...]
July 5, 2017 I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." June was dedicated to LGBTQ Awareness Month: THE LARAMIE PROJECT by: I really enjoyed reading the original play about the aftermath of the Matthew Shepard murder in Laramie, [...]
June 6, 2017 APRIL: MAY: I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." I'm a little late on April and May, but here goes... APRIL For my month on Islamic Heritage, I had committed to reading these books: A THOUSAND [...]
April 24, 2017 THE BALANCE PROJECT turns 2! (99c ebook sale!) THE BALANCE PROJECT was published on April 28, 2015. I remember that week so vividly... It kicked off with the Junior League of Richmond's 70th Annual Book & Author Event where I was a featured speaker with authors like Marisa de los Santos and Elizabeth Berg (what!?!). That [...]
I am beyond pleased to announce my two-book publishing deal with St. Martin's Press! They will be publishing my novel THE SUBWAY GIRLS* in the spring of 2018 and my next novel** a year later. I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to work with such a well-regarded and historic publishing house, and I'm looking forward to embarking on [...]
March 29, 2017 I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." March is designated as Women's History Month and I chose the above five books to read. Actually, my original list of books to read this month also included How To Be [...]
March 1, 2017 I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to "explore points of view to which I'm otherwise not sufficiently exposed." February is designated as Black History Month and I chose the above five books to read. How did I pick those? Well, first I ruled out all [...]
February 13, 2017 Haven't seen you in a while. Here's what's been going on... http://gph.is/1Em5cWh Over-the-moon excited to announce I am now represented by powerhouse agent Carly Watters of P.S. Literary for my third novel, MISS SUBWAYS. It's dual-timeline historical/commercial fiction based on the NYC subways' "beauty contest" Miss Subways, which ran from 1941-1976. (P.S. If anyone knows how to center a giphy on [...]
A few weeks ago I committed to reading 43 books in 2017 as part of the Perspectives Book Project in an effort to “explore points of view to which I’m otherwise not sufficiently exposed.” January is designated as U.S. Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and I chose these books to read: Overall Thoughts I had never read a [...]
Being comfortable is not a bad thing. Sofas, beds, sports bras. But this election has shown me that I’m too comfortable in my very blue bubble. Not enough exploring of perspectives vastly different from the ones clearly visible through the suburban New York window in my home office where I work each day in my very comfortable sweats. As I [...]
