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My most recent novel, Variations on a Romance, released earlier this month, was inspired by a true story. There. I said it. (Deep breath.) For the longest time, I was afraid to tell people. I feared that if people knew I’d borrowed the idea from real life, they wouldn’t think as highly of the book.

I did some Christmas shopping today, and I’m happy to say I came away from what can be a horrendous experience completely unruffled. That’s because I’ve built up an immunity to this particular holiday. I see Christmas for what it really is, I accept it, and I get on with life.

Everyone should google themselves at least once. Just for grins. Find out what’s out there about you on the interwebs. I first googled myself some 20-plus years ago when I was a columnist for a weekly newsmagazine. That’s when I discovered: Sharon Kayne, porn star.

Halloween is past us now and that’s a shame. Not because I want more leftover trick-or-treater candy to munch on, but because I just thought of the perfect costume. Really, it’s a truly inspired costume, based on my experience over the past year as an indie author.