Jerusalem Book Fair – We’re in!

Yippee! Woohoo! Halleluhah! Menopause in Manhattan will be premiering at the Jerusalem Book Fair! Although there’s been no official launch, and the US version has not yet been released, the forces that be are conspiring to help. The United States Embassy will be hosting a booth at this year’s book fair and they’ve kindly to […]

Today’s the day-It’s going to happen!!!

It’s going to happen today at 2:00 (that’s 1400 hours for those of you on 24 hour time). The printer called and said the books will be ready. That means the “new” books – without my email printed on the cover, without the misspelled words that I did not catch, without the uneven border all […]

Book Marketing – Hint #1

I thought writing a book would be hard. WRONG! Turns out that the writing part was a piece of cake. Now the really tough part begins. I’ve written the novel and formatted it. It’s called Menopause in Manhattan and I hope to be announcing its birth very soon. It’s in my editor’s hands undergoing a […]

Ellipsis or Elliptical?

There’s a line from the movie “Moonstruck” where the mother, played by Olympia Dukakis, tells the daughter, played by Cher, “Your life is in the toilet!”. Well, mine is in the ellipses! And it should be on the elliptical!

Keyboard Fashion

My keyboard has a leopard skin coat, and I’m wearing schmatehs!

Procrastination is my best friend!

I don’t intend to procrastinate. It just happens. I’m determined to go over my novel for the very last time and edit it as per Karine’s (my editor) corrections. I actually like the process. But I am so not doing it! I’ve been involved in writing this novel for the last three years. Its gone […]