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Miscellany

When Life Gets in the Way of a Book Launch

Like a true first-time author, I had publication month all mapped out in my mind. As the date got closer, my anxieties and excitement mounted. The moment I’d been working for years toward was almost here, and nothing was going to get in my way. There would be travel for…
Carly Gelsinger
October 10, 2018
Miscellany

A Recovering Perfectionist Bans the Word Altogether

Since her 2009 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Dr. Lisa Doggett has come to realize MS is no excuse to avoid challenges. Instead, it has propelled her to run two marathons, hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and complete a 168-mile bike ride to raise awareness for MS. She is…
Lisa Doggett
September 7, 2018
Fiction

The Champion of Middle-Aged Mothers Is Back!

Kate Reddy has returned in full force in Allison Pearson’s new novel with St. Martin's Press, How Hard Can It Be?  Pearson’s character, Kate, is now older, more mature, a more seasoned character. Pearson’s column, Sandwich Woman, about women in midlife who struggle with their children and their parents as both grow…
Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…
Sandra Block
July 26, 2018