Final Event! (?)
Hi friends, I’m just popping in to let you know that next Wednesday, September 24, I’ll be reading at Gallery 40 in Poughkeepsie, NY as part of their Words...
A cool event happening on Wednesday 8/27
Hello friends, Next Wednesday, August 27, I’ll be taking part in this very fun and cool event at The Common Good in Ellenville, NY: I first visited The...
Join Me in High Falls Next Week!
Last Friday, I attended an excellent event at Blue Heron Books in High Falls, New York, featuring author Mark Hussey on Virginia Woolf (happy 100th birthday...
Telling Tales, and Feeling the Love
Friends, I have a ton of gratitude I must convey to the universe: THANK YOU to Hannah and Andi and everyone at the Beacon Litfest, and especially the...
A quick plug for the Beacon Litfest
Hello friends, Next weekend, June 12–15, is the (third, I think?) annual Beacon Litfest. This is a fabulous event that is bigger and better every year. There...
Independent Bookstore Day, and a reading rec!
Hi friends, This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day! Lots of shops will be having special events, giveaways, speakers, etc. Beacon’s own Stanza Books will...
This, and This, and This
Hi friends, I spent last weekend in Chatham, New York (my dad’s hometown!) with a couple of writer pals, on a little self-directed writer’s retreat. While...
Keeping It Local
Hello friends, Over the last few weeks, Ordinary Devotion and I have been shown a ton of local love. First, on January 23rd, I chatted with my new author-pal...
For Your Reading Pleasure
Hi pals, I recently added a page to my website, “Reviews, Interviews, Essays,” where I’ve put links to all of the reviews, interviews, and essays (duh) I’ve...
Thank you's, and a small ask
Friends, I am still all a-glow from both my book release at Stanza Books last month—thank you so much to everyone who came (and there were A LOT of...
It's giving thanks
Things I’m thankful for: -Everyone who joined me at Stanza Books on November 9 for my book release party! There were about 40 (!) people there and they sold...
It's publication day and nothing else important is happening today
Friends, First: if you haven’t already, vote today, please. After that, if you’d like a distraction from the anxious prognostication/nail biting/waiting for...
One Month from Today...
Today is October 5. The US election is exactly one month away. And so is the publication date for ORDINARY DEVOTION. Yes, my very first novel is being...
Back from Ye Olde England
Hi friends, Sam, Alex, Elliot, and I spent the last two weeks of August in the United Kingdom: London, the Cotswolds, Wales (Pembrokeshire and Denbighshire),...
Let's Stay Inside and Read Books
Hi friends, It’s too hot out (for me, at least) and I’m gearing up for a family trip to the UK in 2 weeks (I haven’t been back in over a decade and as some...
Correction!
The reading at Hortus Arboretum & Botanical Garden will take place SUNDAY July 21, not Saturday. My apologies, and thanks for catching that and letting me...
Too Hot, Too Quiet (and a Reading!)
Friends, it’s brutally hot out there, so I’m in my house being very grateful for air conditioning. It’s freakishly quiet here: Elliot is at sleep-away camp...
School's (nearly) out, book's (nearly) finished!
School is beginning to wind down for my kids; it’s mostly Field Days, concerts, and Regents exams for the next three weeks. I also just went through a mini-...
Florida!!! ... and medieval England?
Hello friends, I just got back from a fabulous long weekend in Pensacola, celebrating the marriage of 2 dear old friends. I haven’t spent much time in...
new look, same newsletter!
Hello! Yes, this newsletter looks different than the one I sent a few weeks ago. The one that showed off the cover of my book, remember? Because I like it so...
I Read Lots of Books, and I Wrote One, Too
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