OOH! OOH! OOH! Mister Kotter!! I have a solution! So, book riot released this a week and a half ago (and I just saw it, thank you, Heatherly): 20 Books You Pretend to Have Read. Of course, because of CraftLit I was intrigued. Then, scrolling down past the top twenty-lied-about-books, a reader shared this graphic: So. I humbly present my solutions for the world’s lying-about-reading conundrum: Listen to Audiobooks with Benefits!**...

…and if so, what was your solution? (SEE IMPORTANT UPDATE BELOW—>) In a nutshell: Husband moves to PA in late April Finds cell service (his only phone in the home) appalling in the house Calls Sprint Sprint reviews the situation Sprint calls back saying, “wow, you’re in between two cell towers. Sucky service. Here…” Sprint sends a AirRave Problem solved! Should he have an emergency in the home, he can call...

Marie Grace Berg—the most enthusiastic business woman I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking with—has released the interview she did with me awhile back for her show Today’s Leading Women. If you want to hear a bit about the business side of CraftLit and the Defarge books, you can have a listen by clicking the button above or going here TodaysLeadingWomen.com/heather-ordover or to iTunes...

Delaware. Delaware E-ZPass, I’m lookin’ at you. Yeah, you. (Except Alexis at the Delaware E-ZPass customer service line. She’s funny and cool.) AND PA-EZPass…but I digress.   As you may know, we’re in the process of moving from VA to PA, and this has included a lot of driving up and back. Driving on the East Coast means toll roads and that means—if you’re going to try to make it easy on yourself—you have...

Recently on Facebook I watched a couple of friends experience pain and not a small amount of sorrow when–after going through serious illnesses with their families–they were met with really appalling rudeness from friends and family members. Not from internet trolls. Friends. Family. Which leads me to wonder if the —-supportive responses like: People are HORRIBLE!!! What a B-!!! I’d never talk to that person again and you...

Next week is a very big week for me. We start Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South on Friday on CraftLit. I have a whole week of giveaways and fun planned for that week, too! More on that shortly (or to get the info before everyone else… sign up here to get the giveaway news for the CraftLit “North and South” launch Then on Sunday, February 9th at 10am, I’m presenting at the Blogger Book Fair! Everyone is invited to...