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JURY DUTY, Kindle Edition

July 30, 2010
JURY DUTY, Kindle Edition

  When Loretta Barrett left Doubleday to form her literary agency, I told her she better make sure that whatever imprimatur she chose for the firm looked good on the spine of a book because—who knew?—maybe someday she would publish a book.  Ta dah, the day has arrived.   Although the imprimatur appears only on the title page (because there isn’t any spine), Loretta Barrett Books just published the Kindle edition of JURY DUTY.  The same fine people at Fortsmouth Design who have been laboring to train me how to better keep in touch with the world (hence the revamped...
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“Van Wormer” A Primer for Those Who Ask

July 12, 2010
“Van Wormer”  A Primer for Those Who Ask

All Van Wormers in America are descendents of Laurens Van Wormer, who arrived in New Amsterdam in 1659. Unfortunately the English overthrew it, renamed it New York, and have been messing up our name ever since.
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Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York

June 28, 2010
Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York

“If Weight Watchers had a brain in their head, my friend in Shelburne, Nova Scotia said over the weekend, “they would rehire the Duchess of York and develop a program for people over fifty.” She’s right.  They would.  With no offense to Jennifer Hudson,...
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** Favorite People ** Donna Mills

June 22, 2010
** Favorite People ** Donna Mills

Donna Mills, Rockefeller Center, 2006   One of the things I’ve always wanted to do was share with you a snippet of information here and there about some of the most wonderful people it has been my privilege to know through book publishing. Since I just found some...
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Order of My Novels?

June 17, 2010
Order of My Novels?

Ah, the master guide to returning characters. Each book stands on its own as a novel but if you want the order of who is in what, the first trick to know is that three of the novels stand alone: Benedict Canyon, Jury...
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A “Riverside Park” View

June 16, 2010
A “Riverside Park” View

  Looking north from 88th Street.  Riverside Park runs over fifty blocks (2 1/2 miles) along the Hudson River on Manhattan’s west side.   The edifice is the Soldiers & Sailors Monument and in the distance is the George Washington Bridge crossing into New Jersey (photographs by Jaime Bernanke)     ...
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About the portrait

June 13, 2010
About the portrait

I was asked to pose at a portrait class at Gallery 53 in Connecticut and one of the artists there, Carol Reeves, now somewhat notoriously produced this painting in one 2-hour sitting.  (Notorious because Carol makes everything look so easy, which is, of course, what...
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