It's a fortunate coincidence that I have THREE good friends who have written best-selling memoirs. Well, two for sure: Amy Dickinson's The Mighty Queens of Freeville and Lee Woodruff's In an Instant were NY Times bestsellers, and my friend Wendy Burden's memoir "Dead End Gene Pool" -...

With the current economic downturn, the mantra is save, save, save. Downsize, stop spending, and, well, freak out. But there is another way to go. Things you can do, not not do. Purchases that will help, not hurt. Having your way out of being a have-not.

There are pro-active...

When my friend Arianna asked me to write about mothers and daughters I thought it would be easy - I'm a writer, I'm a mother - boom, done - but it didn't happen that way. I can't think of a harder subject to write about - I was stunned it...