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There are oodles of amazing panels going on at the 42nd St New York Public Library tomorrow as part of the New York Teen Author Festival.  If you're in the NYC area, please stop on by!  I've posted the full schedule below, but I extra special invite you to the 4:10 panel - because that's the one I'll be on!  But I'm planning to get there at two for the full panel experience.  Who's with me??  Teen-author-panel-a-thon!

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early Notre Dame gameToday is the Super Bowl.  And I was feeling pretty jazzed about the whole thing, because 1. Beyonce and 2. someone promised me some chili.  Then Boyfriend turned to me and asked if I knew about how Teddy Roosevelt saved football.  And lo, I discovered an incident in American history I had never previously heard of before!  This isn't super surprising, since my American history prowess tends to end around the time the car was invented, but still - I'm u...

It's a blog HOP! Welcome to the NEXT BIG THING Blog Hop. What is a blog hop? Basically, it’s a way for readers to discover authors new to them. I hope you'll find new-to-you authors whose works you enjoy. On this stop on the blog hop, you'll find a bit of information on me and one of my books and links to other authors you can explore!
Thanks to fellow author D. Savannah George for inviting me to participate in this event. Learn more about D. Savannah on her blog http://www.dsavannah.com/blog...

...so you should check out this awesome series of LIFE magazine photos about what it was like to be a Rockette in 1964.

http://life.time.com/culture/hard-knocks-high-kicks-life-with-the-rockettes-1964/#1

Because Christmas isn't Christmas without a kickline.

A Rockette totes hating her hat

I have a soft spot in my heart for Presidential weddings past, and November 11th boasts not one, but two!  I was really hoping to find pictures (or paintings) of both of their weddings so we could do a "Who Wore It Best?" wedding dress comparison, but no dice.  So you'll just have to make your own assumptions about what their bridal styles were probably like. 

Jane Pierce
In 1834, Franklin Pierce married Jane Appleton.  The History Channel describes her as "a petite and dev...

Make a wish!Today is my birthday, and like any newly-minted 26 year-old, I found myself wondering about the origin and history of the birthday party.  As I started researching, was I hoping I would come across some long lost oil painting of Thomas Jefferson crushing it at a bday party like an Anti-Federalist Scott Disick?  Maybe. Obviously, that did not happen.  
Way back in the day, birthday parties weren't much of a thing (I'm talking way way back, like before there were...

I know there's lots going on exciting in history (there always is)...but I can't seem to focus on anything but Halloween (going to be Peter Pan!), my birthday (CAKE), and Jessica Biel's pink wedding dress (OBSESSED.)



Hopefully November will be a month full of focus.  Focus on history and writing, not celebrity wedding dresses.  Obviously.