Buongiorno everyone! I'm leaving Italy today, so it would be difficult to write a new post, but I've got something even better for you! It's my new interview on Goodreads. I want to thank Sheri, one of the moderators of the Shut Up and Read group for her wonderful questions, which really got me thinking. As usual, I revealed way more than I wanted or intended to, especially about why I wrote Is This All There Is? and my fears about publishing it. I was also probably too honest about my s...Read More

Things I've Learned in my First 2 Days in Italy The Pantheon is breathtaking. It pulls your soul back in time. Italian people are warm, gracious, beautiful, and fearless. Nutella flavored gelato is... I have no words to explain to you. I licked the cup clean. Michelangelo was a genius. The Sistine Chapel was a divine creation. People from all over the world seek a better life in Italy. It's weird to share public bathroom sinks with the opposite sex, especially when you want to ...Read More

Hi Everyone, This week I have an intense project for work that requires me to facilitate training for over 60 people all day every day and to work all evening preparing for the next day.  It's wonderful and rewarding and meaningful and exhausting.  I miss chatting and tweeting with all my online pals and hope they/you won't forget me!  Also hope a few people might read this even though I won't have time to spread the word about it. One of the exercises we did this week was to create and...Read More

Hi Everyone! I'm so excited to welcome the beautiful and talented author and actress Courtney Giardina as my guest blogger today. Read on and I know you'll be as exited as I am to read her novel, Tear Stained Beaches. She beautifully captures why we love to read and her excerpt below gave me chills when I first read it! Enjoy! Patricia Channeling Your Inner Haylie Julian By Courtney Giardina The best books are ones we can relate to. Ones where we can see a little bit of ourselves in the ch...Read More