I get a lot of email about the endings of my books. Sweethearts, especially, but Story of a Girl, too. It’s interesting to me to hear all the different ideas about what makes a happy ending. I got a letter about Story today and…

I wasn’t going to post over the weekend, but this morning I realized that a bunch of stuff happened at the Readergirlz blog while I was gone. Also, while digging around for foreign edition links for the forthcoming new incarnation of sarazarr.com*, I found…

Fun facts about Canada! Or maybe not so much facts as bits of information I picked up during my visit of very limited scope and duration…

1. What we call stocking caps are called “tubes” in Canada. I learned this when we took our cruise…

Oh, Banff. How I loved you. Your mountains! Your lakes! Your forests! Your colorful money and your lack of Internet access!

(The view about halfway up the hike between Lakes Louise and Agnes. This is Louise.)

Frankly, I am not…

1. Thanks to everyone who came out for the chat on Wednesday—that was fun. If you missed out, you can read the transcript at the rgz blog, where the Sweethearts discussion continues throughout the month.

2. I am totally chagrined by last night’s SYTYCD…