Happy Super Bowl Weekend! We’re all cheering for the N.Y. Giants, right? Tebow crushing aside, I just can’t see myself cheering for the Patriots. But either way, I hope you all have lots of french onion dip, chicken wings, and beer while watching all the clever ads on Sunday, because as we all know, when [...]

For a while there, I wasn’t using smilie faces. At first they were cute, but then people started abusing them, unspeakable things were typed, and then tons of column ink got spilled about how literate folks should just hate the smilie face and how it made others think less of you. So I stopped using [...]

1. Trying to figure out how I could love this Spanish short, which deals with two gay Stormtroopers forced to hide their relationship, more. But I’ve got nothing. [i09] 2. My first cry of the week came courtesy of this less than 7-minute short, which documents the history of the Gay Rights Movement. I was [...]

The other day, I formally noticed that I’ve taken on some new prejudices in the past couple of years: 1. Not being accessible by email and/or app. A lot of people complain about not being able to talk to an actual human being in customer service situations, but few things annoy me more than actually [...]

Dearest Readers, I am so, so, so, happy to announce that we made a deal with Amazon Publishing over the holidays. My second book, THE AWESOME GIRL’S GUIDE TO DATING EXTRAORDINARY MEN, will be one of the flagship novels for their soon-to-launched women’s fiction imprint. We haven’t settled on a release date quite yet, but [...]

1. So next Monday is my birthday. It’s also the day we celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday, which is technically January 15th, but celebrated as a federal holiday the third Monday of every January come rain or come shine. Maybe once every four years or so, our birthdays collide. I wrote a play back in [...]

Hulloo, Everyone. I know a lot of people are trying to get pumped up for their best writing year ever right now. I know I was around this time back in 2007, which is when I finally got super-serious about writing my debut novel, 32 CANDLES. So I thought I’d share this pep talk that [...]

Hulloo, Party People! First of all, did you miss us or are we doing something super-right? Because we’re having one of our best hits weeks ever here at dear old FaN. So thank you, thank you, thank you for all the love. 2012 is already off to a fantastic start. Other than that, I just [...]

I’ve always wanted to be the decisive sort. To look at an issue, make a quick decision and then stand by it. Like those powerful businessmen that you’re always reading about in books. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the course of my lifetime, it’s that I’m just not. Quick decisions often come [...]

Ernessa says: It feels so weird to not be making any resolutions this year. Some people love this time of the year because of the gift exchanges, time spent with family, goodwill toward man, blah, blah, blah — but I’ve always been a resolution girl myself. I love making the list and mustering up my [...]