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I first met  Rachel Machacek  at a writers' dinner at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. I was hot, tired, low-energy and the truth was, ...

I can't remember when and how I met  Dawn  (it seems like we've always known each other)--but we had one of those instant connect...

 I 've  known Wendy for quite a few years now. I don't remember how we met, exactly. I think we both had novels out at the same tim...

Ellen Sussman 's French Lessons, about how a single day in Paris changes the lives of three women, is already racking up some raves,...

One of my favorite books of the year is Us by Michael Kimball . I carried it around with me on the subway, and when I finished, I couldn...

When bestselling author  John Shors sent me a copy of his terrific new novel Cross Currents, he sent a little shell in a box along with...

Christine Sneed  is incredible.  Not only does she have this great, inventive website, that comes with literary brainteasers, puns, jokes, ...

I talk to Cindy Teruya at The Los Angeles Examiner about writing, never giving up and parallel universes!

Emily Gray Tedrowe wrote a really knockout novel: Commuters. A Target Breakout Pick, An Indie Next Pick and an Entertainment Weekly ...

When I first met  Susan Schneider , I felt like we had been friends forever--that's how warm and funny she is. It fascinated me that...