Love Is Not an Algorithm

Behind The Book: Last Girl Ghosted There’s always a seed for every novel, a moment, or point of obsession that leads me to research. For LAST GIRL GHOSTED, it was a conversation with a young friend about online dating. We were talking about some of the current apps out there — apps for dating, as…

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New York City Lights to Florida's Sugar Sand for Love

The first place I ever loved was New York City. I had a very glamorous aunt who lived a fabulous life in a Park Avenue apartment, and from my very first visit, everything about the place—the buildings, the people, the noise, the smells—mesmerized me. As soon as I was old enough to know what I…

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Parenting, Love and Writing

Ah, the mommy-wife-writer balance! In her insightful and intelligent interview, Dr. Psych Mom asked some really personal questions, so I gave some really personal answers about balancing parenting and work… 1. How do you make time for your husband while raising a daughter and being an awesome best selling author? Hmmm … interesting question, and…

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It's Not Fair

“Can cats open doors?” Ocean wanted to know this morning, as she watched a neighborhood stray preening on our deck. “No,” I told her. “They can’t.” “Why not?” “For a lot of reasons – they’re not tall or strong enough, they don’t have hands, and they’re not very smart.” “Oooh!” she said in dismay. “It’s…

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Enemy At The Baby Gate

Like generals heading into battle my husband Jeffrey and I prepared for every possible condition in readying ourselves for the arrival of our daughter. Overwhelmed by the horror stories of those who’d headed into the fray before us, there was no attack — from colic to breastfeeding issues, from sleep deprivation to sexual starvation —…

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