CANADA, JOKES, ELLA/HELLBOY, and THE SECRET PLAN

Helloooo! I know it's been a while since I posted. I do have an excuse though: I've been laid low by jet lag. I HATE that. Although I discovered the secret to avoiding jet lag while you're away: no caffeine. Which helps for getting to sleep at night, but isn't so helpful for waking up […]

ADVICE

So, I'm on my way to Naperville, IL, where I have a book signing tomorrow. Then I'm off to Vancouver, BC, which, for those of you who don't know, is in CANADA. Yeah, a whole other COUNTRY. The country were DEGRASSI is filmed. Yay! I am extremely jet set these days. Actually, I'm not the […]

GHOST STORY

So my new house is haunted. For those of you who don't know this already, I recently purchased a house in Key West. It's pretty old. It was built in the 1930s—which doesn't actually make it any older than the house I grew up in, and which wasn't haunted, that I know of. But that […]

PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Days 10-11-12

ER IS TRYING TO KILL ME Really. I want to know if you guys feel the same way I do about the show ER. Because last night I staggered back to my hotel after my book signing and collapsed into bed and ER was on and it wasn't one I'd seen before and since that […]

PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 8-9

I'm writing this from the floor of the San Jose International airport because the only seat that is anywhere near an electrical outlet is currently being occupied by a lady who is not even USING the plug, she's actually writing, BY HAND, in her journal. But what am I going to do, go up to […]

PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 7

Time Change Okay, what's up with the time change thing? I know a lot of you are used to it, because you've been doing it your whole lives. But in Indiana, they don't believe in Daylight Savings, and we just didn't have it. No. We Hoosiers did not let ourselves get pushed around by the […]

PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 6

Gap's Dirty Little Secret Okay, so I don't know how many of you know this. But are you aware that Gap's women's jeans are VANITY SIZED? That means if you wear an 8 and you go in there to buy jeans, the 6s are what will fit you best…but really, they're 8s. You didn't lose […]

PRINCESS IN PINK TOUR: Day 4-5

So you'll never guess where I am right now. Go ahead, guess. OK, I'll tell you: THE OC!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE ON THE TV SHOW (which I missed last night because I had two back-to-back book signings so don't tell me what happened, I'll watch it on TiVo when I get home April 12). Actually, […]