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Dreams do come true! That's what I keep telling myself in between pinching myself to make sure I'm awake. And the cause of all this excitement is the fact that I'm flying to the southern Georgia coast next week to be a featured speaker at a writer's conference on St. Simons Island called "Running with Stilettos: Living a Balanced Life in Dangerous Shoes" and enjoyed the first time experience of...

I just got surprised with some great news this evening: my book of essays, Running with Stilettos: Living a Balanced Life in Dangerous Shoes, just picked up a Silver award in the "humor" category of the national 2009 IPPY competition (Independent Publisher Book Awards). Woo hoo! This comes on the heels of the book taking first place just this past Saturday for "non-fiction...

I went horseback riding last weekend. This in itself isn't a really surprising statement to make, unless you remember, like I do, that I'd gotten back on a horse exactly twice since I'd broken my back in a riding accident fourteen years ago. There were a lot of things that got in the way since then--pain, recovery, going to law school, having no "free" time, kids that got sick and then got...

From the wording of the question, I just knew she was going to be disappointed. "Are you still pushing that book with the high heels?" The person on the other end of the phone is a beloved relative who shall remain nameless, and I had just reminded her that I was heading to Chicago this Saturday, June 6, to sell and sign copies of my book at the Printers Row Lit Fest. I had a great time...

I like to think that you can find a lot of happiness in small things, and I just bought a big...