What's On... View this newsletter in your browser. Ernie's first Halloween, in vampire bow tie. Couture by PetSmart. Happy November, Friends, As we prepare to enter the winter holiday season, I'm making sure to be mindful of ALL the things for which I have to be grateful. Family, two- and four-legged, top the list, along with wonderful friends, healthful food, home that is a haven and the opportunity to live out my childhood dream: writing the books of my heart. Thanks to you, dear readers,...

What's On... View this newsletter in your browser. Happy October, Friends, October is my hands-down favorite month of the year and not only because it hosts my favorite holiday, Halloween, my wedding anniversary (four years!), the one-month anniversary of adopting these little nuggets (meet five-month-old sibs Ernie and Rosebud) AND my birthday -- tomorrow, October 2nd, a natal date I proudly share with Mahatma Gandhi as well as Sting, Groucho Marx, and Annie Leibovitz. Good company! An early...

What's On... View this newsletter in your browser. Whitehead, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Dia daoibh Friends, I'm just back from Ireland, my creative well overflowing from the Historical Novel Society Conference at Maynooth University (headliners included John Banville and Martina Devlin), followed by glorious days touring Dublin (Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College and the Book of Kells, Oscar Wilde House), Belfast (Titanic Museum, Belfast Castle, Game of Thrones Studio Tour, the Ulster...