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We continue our chat with Cover Girl and phenomenal author, Stephenie Meyer.

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The word “sacrifice” is never neutral. It is a word laden with the weight of spiritual principles, historical examples and archetypes, and part of the human condition is that we do not escape the ways in which we will be called to it. You will be called to sacrifice something of extreme value, one […]

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I first met singer-songwriter Phil Ayoub (pronounced A-yoob) when I profiled him for an entertainment magazine and I was impressed from the very beginning with his general nice-guyness. He is a deep-thinking, deep-feeling, quintessential all American boy from Boston and in that way he is both charming and very attractive. Phil has an […]

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Whether or not you classify Jacqueline Carey’s sextet of novels in the Kushiel’s Legacy series as straight fantasy or alternate fiction, the concept is compelling. These are the stories of the D’Angelines, people who descend from the fallen angel Elua who was created when the blood of crucified Yeshua ben Yosef (son of the One […]

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For those who follow the happenings of the literary world, teach junior high or have a “tweener” at home, you can’t help but have heard of our cover girl, Stephenie Meyer. After her new novel, The Host is released, the rest of the world will catch up on the works of this […]

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Chapter One
I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned.
Not these eyes. My eyes. Mine. This was me now. The language I found myself using was odd, but it made sense. Choppy, boxy, blind, and linear. Impossibly crippled in comparison to many […]

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Hippocrates is a man after a woman’s heart. He recommended red wine as a diuretic, to purge fever, disinfect wounds, and as a great source for vitamins.
Subsequently I drink a glass of Merlot before I go to bed. I love the wine’s deep burgundy color, though I need to be careful where I sip because […]

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The author of The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here: Scenes from a Life, founder of the acclaimed Small Spiral Notebook journal, host of the online radio show Writers Revealed (currently on hiatus) and all-around foodie rockstar, Felicia C. Sullivan is a woman who is honest, ambitious and inspirational. No doubt you’ll be seeing her […]

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Amy Tan of Amy Tangerine is one of my favorite people in the world. She is not only a superstar designer (with clothes sold at more than 200 upscale boutiques all over the world!), but she’s also one of the sweetest, funniest, smartest people I’ve ever met. We’ve been friends for years, and when my […]

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Now it is the time of year when people flock to my office out of pure, unbridled…fear. They know that in a short time there will be occasion to wrap themselves up in something even Dick Cheney would define as torture—the swimsuit. Images of gorgeous celebrities and models go dancing through their heads. […]

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I laugh out loud in the strangest places. Last week, I was sitting alone on a metal bench in the middle of a downtown shopping mall reading an essay by David Sedaris when the impulse overtook me. My initial attempt to stifle the laughter, fueled by momentary concern of what others might think, gave way […]

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Last month in All Things Girl, we brought you the first half of an interview with Lauren Henderson, whose work includes the Sam Jones mysteries, Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating (which was recently optioned for film), and the young adult mystery Kiss Me Kill Me. Here is the conclusion of the interview.
Where do […]

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I’m the last person on earth who should be writing about sacrifice, because the truth is, I’ve always been the recipient of other people’s choices, not the person choosing to give something up. Oh, I gave up a stable income and a regular paycheck to write full time, yes, but that wasn’t so much sacrifice […]

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You may not have heard of Tom Rob Smith yet but you will, and soon, as he is the next big thing in crime/political thriller novelists. Think Sue Grafton having drinks and a laugh with Ian Rankin at a party thrown by John Grisham and that should go some way to help you understand […]

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Somewhere outside the city limits of Chicago on a sweltering hot day a pair of shiny black boots emerge from a white SUV. Inside those celebrated boots walks a tall curvaceous blonde clutching a camera under her miniskirt and a tape tucked in her cleavage. The gravel crunches under her boots as she heads towards […]

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“Life is hard. Then you die.” You’ve seen it on t-shirts and bumper stickers. Maybe you’ve even felt that way yourself. For many people lately, it seems a lot more like a truism than cynicism. In the face of the recent economic downturn, it is becoming increasingly hard to argue the point.
There is a pervasive […]

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Having a pet is a luxury and a privilege. They come into our lives, touch us deeply and intimately, and take over our world. And, really, how many of us would have it any other way? So this column is a discussion, a celebration, (and hopefully sometimes an educational experience) about the […]

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