In a new way of life, I find comfort in mastering masala dal, playing Candy Land with my son and reading books that make me hopeful. For recipe and book recommendations, click here.
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Meet visual journalist Susana Sanchez- Young (The Designing Chica) who created an illustration to share her feelings on the release of the book “American Dirt” by . A book celebrated as the latest and greatest immigrant novel of our day, only written by a white author.
Learn more about Sanchez and how she has teamed up with author and artist Myriam Gurba to create a Latinx writing scholarship.
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Had a chance to chat with Los Angeles based writer and essayist Claire Yezbak Fadden who just released her wonderful book Women @Heart.
Each essay is a warm and funny experience through love, parenthood, marriage and navigating the choppy waters of being a wife, mom and woman. Learn more about Claire and her essays on “Life, Love, Laughter & Tears.”
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A look back on my year in writing, reading, running and living.
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Central Coast Author Linda Seed takes a stop on my blog to chat about her new release FIXER UPPER, what her writing life is like and her favorite holiday cookie. Come learn more about her!
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Plenty of books to enjoy this fall season. Here are three I am reading for the month of October!
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A fresh new look for my debut novel, HEARTBREAK CAKE.
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A few months ago, my step sister Christina P invited me to be a part of her podcast Where Your Moms At.
She started it a few months back to have #realtalk with moms about what really happens to you, life and your body after having kids.
She’s hilarious and if you haven’t checked out her Netflix comedy special, pour yourself some wine (or whiskey) and do it. Mother Inferior, check it!
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As of late, I have been going through a major crisp obsession, it started with a bag of cherries that seemed to have seen better days.
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Several weeks ago I was looking through the summer catalog of one of my favorite cooking schools here in Los Angeles, daydreaming about learning to make my own Breakfast Rustic Breads…
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I had a chance to get some insight on research from author Mary Simses, who just released her latest novel The Rules of Love & Grammar…
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With summer fast approaching, I realized that I wanted to do something this season that would help keep me on track as I chip away at Book #2.
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Newlywed Lotus Price has everything that she should have ever wanted: a great husband and a dream job as an executive of a prominent Chicago philanthropic foundation
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This summer I was really, really excited to read the debut novel, THE COINCIDENCE OF COCONUT CAKE by Amy E. Reichert.
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I had an ambitious “Summer Reading List” put together this year, plenty of fiction, some romance and a couple of biographies.
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To celebrate the release of the debut chick lit novel Cocktails at Le Carmen, by Isabelle Andover, my publisher Simon & Fig is hosting a virtual cocktail party today…
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Simon & Fig is organizing a blog tour for Cocktails at Le Carmen!Kindle and ePub copies of Cocktails at Le Carmen are available for review internationally.
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Muriel Vega, a food + travel writer based out of Atlanta found herself baking pies as a way to sooth her chronic anxiety and the end result was a year-long personal challenge….
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In the ever-evolving land of book publishing the small press and its indie authors can get lost in the shuffle…
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When it comes to breakfast, I’ve never been a pancakes and bacon kinda girl. I prefer to keep it simple with toast.
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