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  • Seventeen years ago my book The Uninvited was released into the world. At the time, my son Elliot looked at me and asked a question that has stayed with me ever since: “Who would want to read about our lives?” It was honest, simple, and impossible for me to answer back then. What I did

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  • You know, I’ve come to realize something about life—I fail almost every single day. And I don’t mean in some grand, existential way (though, sure, maybe that too). I mean the little, everyday stumbles that remind me I’m gloriously human. Like forgetting my keys on the counter, accidentally using salt instead of sugar, or misplacing

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  • For as long as I can remember, writing has been a part of who I am. Even before my career took off, I was scribbling ideas and stories whenever inspiration struck. In my early life, my passion for creative expression led me to spend years working in theater and radio—mediums that taught me to listen,

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  • Today I Married the Love of My Life.

    I am not always a romantic sort of person. In the past, I had tried to convince myself I was a realist in order to justify to myself that I did not need or deserve love. Then I met my soul mate and the love of my life and my whole world changed and how

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