A lighter topic amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but an important one (at least for our personal vanity, and I would argue: dignity!): What the heck to do with our hair! My solution: Learn to dye your own. P.S. It's really easy!
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Covid-19 is here and whether or not its making you sick, if you're a parent, it's certainly going to add more to your plate at home. If your kids' schools have been closed, like mine, you might be wondering how you'll keep order, get anything
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Guys, I have to tell you about my favorite summer fashion find, and it's cheap, and you can order it on Amazon
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Good morning, friends! I was out last week with our children on vacation in Lake Chelan. Ever been? It is a-mazing. I'm back at it this morning, working on a new writing deadline (with big announcements to come!). But first, I want to share my
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Guys, my little brother is getting married in Istanbul in September to the most beautiful, wonderful woman--and she's Turkish! Her name is Begum (pronounced "Bay-Goom") and we first met two years ago when I visited Turkey for a book tour shortly after she met my
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It's no secret that about five years ago, my life changed in big ways. I wrote a bit about that journey in a series for Glamour, which after writing about and interviewing other people for years, it was scary, exciting, and therapeutic--all at the same
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Some of you here have been longtime readers of my books and my work for Glamour (hi everyone! And, good heavens, I just saw that when you search my name on the site, I've written something like 4,600 articles and blog posts over the years.
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Hey guys! I'm kicking off a new series on the blog today in which I'll be sharing my best writing tips for aspiring novelists. Lots more to come here on the subject of writing (and so many more topics!), but for now, your tip: People always ask
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Hi all, It's been a while since I've updated this blog, but here I am again, saying hello from beautiful Oslo, Norway, where the temperatures hit the mid seventies today (!). I'm just finishing up the loveliest trip here to promote the Norwegian edition of my
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I feel so lucky that I get to do what I love, a fulfillment of a lifelong dream. A lot of people ask me what the most surprising things are about my job--things I never predicted along the way. Here are a few: *Getting published internationally:
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