It has always been my dream to give a present to EVERYONE who reads this blog (or Twitter, or my mind). So I went to my publisher to see what I could do. Now, normally, I am not permitted in the building because of a minor misunderstanding we simply refer to as the “big fire [...]

When I wrote about the LONDON GATHERING yesterday, I said that my next blog would be an advice blog. But I didn’t know that when I woke up this morning, the advance uncorrected proofs of Scarlett Fever would be READY TO GO. It was a huge shock.
I have them here.
Scarlett Fever, as you may or [...]

GOOD MORNING! It is time to give out some prizes from last night.
First, for a random question in the comments:
Lily asks: Hey Maureen, I have a question for you… If you had a choice between blogging everyday for the next ten years (including your birthday, Christmas, talk-like-a-pirate-day and times of all other celebratory events) OR [...]

So, for the last day of BEDA, I thought I would do something I did on Christmas Eve. Namely, I blogged for MANY HOURS, answering questions and giving things away on a rolling basis. I’m doing this today from noon to six.
So this blog will change ALL DAY LONG. Keep checking back to find answers [...]

Margaret asks: you said the other night that you would show us the Scarlett playlist. Can you please do that?
So I was on Twitter the other night, and I mentioned that I was listening to Grace Kelly by Mika, and that it was one of the big songs off my Suite Scarlett playlist. I wasn’t [...]

This is not today’s REAL BEDA post. This is a BONUS post.
I’m about to board a plane to leave Las Vegas, but before I leave the city of sin, I make a bet with YOU, dear readers.
A few days ago, I made a stupid pledge to go to the New York Trapeze School if the [...]

Occasionally, I am asked to stand in front of groups of people and say something marginally coherent about why I do what I do. This is pleasant, flattering, and annoying all at the same time, because frankly, I am really best while sitting at my desk, thinking my little thoughts. And even then, it really [...]