Internet, I Can’t Quit You
I seriously tried to quit the Internet this past weekend because there was just too much news. I couldn’t take it! However, as you can see, I’m back. Internet, you’ve won. I can’t quit you. But this doesn’t mean I like you as much as I used to. You’re like that boyfriend who cats around […]
Contest and a Confession
Tonight is part one of the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion, and I. Cannot. Wait! Why do we (okay, I) care about these people? Why do I care about Bethenny and Jill Zarin and Susan Boyle and her cat Pebbles and Jon and Kate and their divorce? Because watching them battle with their problems […]
Harry Potter and the Gushy Stuff
I’m keeping busy writing Runaway, the sequel to Being Nikki, and revising Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls #5 (which just had a title change—from Birthday Bash to Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out, which is more appropriate given that there’s both a great deal of glitter and girls acting fake in it). And I […]
Second Worst Movie In The World
So I think I saw the second worst movie in the world (after Benjamin Butthead, of course). It’s kind of a toss up because the other day I was feeling a little down (my grandma has been sick and things have been a little sad in my family. After I posted about my dad last […]
Romance, Trauma Porn, and Brazil Dates!
So many people have sent me this article (or the link to the original one it refers to)! Books about “dark” subject matters (like “13 Reasons Why,” about a girl who commits suicide, and “If I Stay,” about a girl in a coma) are hot in YA right now! There’s even a name for this […]
I Love New York…from my daybed
I am writing this from my new daybed in my office in NYC. It’s currently my favorite place on the planet. I decided to go Moroccan after being inspired by Bethenny’s fashion show on Real Housewives of NYC, as opposed to going French Chateau style like Theresa on Real Housewives of New Jersey. French Chateau […]