Manhattan Magazine Fictionist Launch Party

In general, I loathe hosting parties. There's too much pressure getting people to turn up and support your cause (book, charity, school). But for the launch party for Manhattan magazine's Fictionist column, I didn't have to carry all the weight and worry by myself. In fact, I barely had any given that my co-hosts for the evening were Manhattan magazine's editor-in-chief Cristina Greeven Cuomo and the bestselling author Holly Peterson, as well as Taylor Plimpton, the magazine's fiction editor.

I had a lovely time catching up with old and new friends and signing copies of my book. Plus, the party was at Le Cirque (which was fitting since the restaurant is in the Bloomberg building and my book, SOCIAL DEATH, is about the murder of a billionaire media mogul's daughter). Delicious wine, delectable food and good friends. That's what I call a great night.

Kids and Facebook: What if they want to opt out?

I wrote a piece for Sunday Styles about my 9 year old son's desire not to feature in my social media field. I've gotten some flack for it from parents who think this is a non-issue in the sense that I should have known--without question and instinctively--that my son had the right to decide whether or not I posted a picture of him on my Facebook account.

That's fine. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and, I truly believe it is a good sign when a piece like this elicits passionate response. We want to evoke discourse!

But I think these readers may have missed the point of the piece, which is the why--from a psychological and philosophical standpoint--I was wrong.

You can read the entire essay here:
www.nytimes.com/2014/04/13/fashion/parenting-internet-facebook.html?_r=0

Happy to hear your thoughts on it. 

Yes I am working on a sequel

Just wanted to let all of my readers out there know that I am working on a sequel to SOCIAL DEATH and it should be coming out sometime next year. 

 

I can't wait to share more with you all about it. I can tell you that Clyde and Alex are reunited (in a way) and that Clyde is still on the hunt for answers about her mother's death. Right now I'm calling the new book Criminal Lies. Let me know what you think! 

 

And thanks for all the great feedback. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to hear that so many people are reading and enjoying SOCIAL DEATH, and that people are falling love with Clyde--despite all her numerous faults--just as I had hoped.

If you read the book and liked it, please consider Facebooking it and telling your friends about it. Word of mouth is everything in the publishing industry. You do have the power to make a book a success!