Question. Why is it so hard to quantify what you get out of a conference? Because the most important thing you carry home with you is not the notes you took or the recording you bought of all the speakers you missed. It isn’t even the appointment you might have had with a new editor, [...]

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. My new book, BARELY A LADY, came out this week. Anyone who has ever wanted to be published would assume that it would be a moment of unfettered joy, marked by fireworks, happy dances and rainbows. Champagne would be popped; Michael Buble would [...]

Man Romances and the Myth of LIT-rature I finally saw Benjamin Button last night, and I have to tell you, it pissed me off. Again. Just how many times were we going to watch man romance movies and be told that they’re great art? Let’s put this into context. I write romances for women. ‘Pulp [...]

As you might have noticed from my website, my blog, my frequent appearance at Irish music bars and even more frequent singing of suicidal Irish music, Ireland is the home of my heart. No, I wasn’t born there. In fact, no one in my immediate family has been born there since the 1870′s. But beyond [...]