Q & A with essayist/writer Claire Yezbak Fadden
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 Year in Review - 2019
A look back on my year in writing, reading, running and living.
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Let’s Chat with California Central Coast Author: Linda Seed
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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Fall Reads: October 2019
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 Slice of Heartbreak Cake
A fresh new look for my debut novel, HEARTBREAK CAKE.
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Where My Moms At with Christina P!
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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Pie Session: The Beautifully Imperfect – Cherry Crisp
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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PIE CAMP: Banana Cream Pie (Heatwave Edition)
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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SUMMER SERIES: Talking Research with Author Mary Simses
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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SUMMER SERIES: Writing + Time Management with Laura McNeil
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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MEET: Kay W. Smith, Author of LOTUS
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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A Chat with Amy E. Reichert: Milwaukee + Coconut Cake
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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Guest Post: How to Start A Book Club!
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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Drinks by the Pool Edition: Cocktails at Le Carmen
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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CALL FOR READERS: Cocktails at Le Carmen #chicklit
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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Meet: Muriel Vega, Food Writer + Pie Maker
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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Small Victory for a Small Press
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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Let’s Talk Toast
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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The LA Book “Clubbing” Scene
For Liz Donatelli, going “clubbing” has a whole different meaning than your a-typical night out with high-heels and cocktails…
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LOVE: Delicious! by Ruth Reichl
Last year when I heard that Ruth Reichl (former editor of Gourmet Magazine) wrote her first fiction book aptly titled, DELICIOUS!
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