Saturday Story Starter

Howdy, fellow writers! It’s high time for a new story starter, wouldn’t you say? How about we kick off Memorial Day weekend with a new one? For those of you who haven’t participated before, Saturday Story Starter is purely for fun, just a way to exercise those writing muscles (think of it as Heather’s Literary Gym).

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CANADA and CONCORD, here I come!

I’m thrilled to announce two upcoming bookstore appearances, in two of my very favorite places! To help celebrate the launch of MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CAMP, the seventh and final (sniff) book in my Mother-Daughter Book Club series, I’ll be heading first to Vancouver, British Columbia (yep, that’s right, my first appearance in CANADA!), and then on to Concord, Massachusetts,

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Saturday Story Starter

Well hellooooooo there!  It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I have a really REALLY good excuse, though — we’ve been in the middle of a move. A BIG move. An all-the-way-across-the-country-from-Oregon-to-Boston kind of move! Things are still pretty topsy-turvy around here, but we’re starting to feel settled. It’s really fun to be back on home

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A Mother-Daughter Book Club quiz for you

Here’s a little quiz sent in by one of my readers — thank you, Sabina!  How fun is this?! Which mother (or grandmother) are you? You’re in charge of dessert for your family today. You… a) Bake a chocolate volcano cupcake b) Make macaroons c) Bake whole wheat, sugar free rhubarb cookies d) Go to

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Vote YES for libraries!

Are you listening, Washington County? And anywhere else where library funding is on the ballot this fall? Libraries change lives!

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Fan mail Friday

Can you believe it’s October? I think this is my favorite month of the year (of course, I say that every month) — piercingly blue skies, apple crisp kind of days, leaves putting on their colorful fall coats and crunching underfoot, and the smell of woodsmoke in the air. I can’t get enough of October!

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Behind the scenes with Kate Rudd

If you read my blog regularly, you know just how excited I am about the recent release of THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CLUB series in audio! In celebration of this thrilling new chapter for the MDBC, I thought it would be fun to get to know the amazingly talented voice actors who narrate each of the characters: Emma, Jess, Cassidy,

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Behind the Scenes with Cris Dukehart

If you read my blog regularly, you know just how excited I am about the recent release of THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CLUB in audio! In celebration of this thrilling new chapter for the MDBC, I thought it would be fun to get to know the amazingly talented voice actors who narrate each of the characters: Emma, Jess,

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Fabulous foursome Author Panel

Calling all PDX (Portland) friends! Tomorrow night, Tuesday July 28th, from 6:30-8:30 pm, I’ll be at the Garden Home Community Library for an author panel. I’ll be joining Rosanne Parry, Cindy Brown, and Jerrold Packard to talk about (and answer your questions about) books, writing, and reading. Wow! Four authors for the price of–well, absolutely free! That’s

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Saturday Story Starter

It’s July! How did THAT happen? I swear it was spring just a moment ago… Apologies for the slump in story starters. I have been busy writing writing writing. I’m just about finished with copy edits on MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CAMP, which means I’ll be posting a sneak preview soon, and I’m also knee deep in cooking

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