Author of The Good House
Emerging from the bed-desk
Hello Blog, it’s been awhile. Actually, a very long while. I’ve recently received some emails expressing concern about my health and well-being, which is so sweet. I’m doing great. I think I pulled back from blogging, posting maniacally on Facebook and tweeting my brains out on Twitter after the book came out because I was making myself sick with all the self-promotion, and I took it for granted that I was making everybody else sick as well.
Just a heads’ up that I might be in your vicinity this week and would love to meet you. This Wednesday, April 3rd, I will be talking about my book, The Good House, at the Princeton Public Library, in Princeton, NJ at 7 PM. Here is more information about the event.
Then, on Saturday, April 6th, I will be at the Kent Town Hall doing an event to support the Kent Public Library in Kent, CT. It’s at 3:00 and I will be discussing books, New England, the North Shore and I’m sure many other topics, with my friend Susanna Salk, who is a noted interior designer, author and TV personality. And she grew up in Manchester, MA. That’s Hildy country. Here’s more information about the Kent talk,
Hi guys, I have been a little busy, promoting the book, starting a new book, and watching every moment of the Jodi Arias trial. I’m not usually a courtroom junkie but this case has me transfixed. One of the characters in my new book is a rather smooth manipulator so I’m telling myself that the reason I watch is for research. In fact, I just can’t look away.
BUT THAT’S NO EXCUSE! I have neglected the blog. I plan to start daily blogging again, as soon as I find my camera. In the meantime, I thought I’d post a few oldies this week. Today I came across this, my experience with Zumba, back in 2010.
Tomorrow I will be signing copies of The Good House in Washington Depot, Connecticut.
Tomorrow, March 3rd at 2:00 PM.
I know what you’re all wondering. Will he be there?
Of course he will. Right after his lunch.
Today I head back to Massachusetts for a reading in Marblehead at The Spirit of ’76 Bookstore. The reading and signing begin at 7 PM and I hope to see some old friends while I’m in town. I’d like to thank my old friend, journalist Laurie Fullerton, for writing this lovely piece in the Marblehead Reporter.
I am not going to be able to sign books at The Hickory Stick Bookshop as planned today. Roads in Connecticut are closed. Gomer and I will be there on Sunday, March 3rd at 2:00 PM.
Today we’re out playing in the snow.
It’s a daytime event, Gomer. Maybe just a nice blazer instead?
Reading at the Book Cellar in Chicago
Well, I had just a great time in the Midwest this past week. Thanks to all of you who came to my Chicago and Milwaukee events. I met some longtime bloggers in Chicago, which was fabulous. I also got to have dinner with my sister’s in-laws, Dave and Jen Seminara and their adorable boys. Dave took the photo on this post. So, I just had a great, great time.
I’m heading up to Boston today for some press stuff and also to visit my mom and sister. Then I’m doing a reading at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday, February 6th. 7:00 PM.
Photo courtesy of Lynden Sculpture Garden
Yesterday, I was driving from Chicago to Milwaukee with my beloved sister Meg and my dear friend Jane. We were heading to Milwaukee, where I was scheduled to speak at the Lynden Sculpture Garden as part of their wonderful Women’s Speaker Series.
On the way, we stopped in Racine, Wisconsin and after much driving around, finally found a home where Meg and I had lived when we were children. Meg and I were just giddy recalling our friends, the places we had played, the pets we had owned, you know, all our adventures. Jane was very polite and didn’t yawn too many times. Then, we were back on the highway, heading toward Milwaukee, when my editor, Brenda Copeland called. Brenda asked, “Has anybody ever called you a bitch?”
