Author: Katie O'Rourke

This year I’m splitting my donations between the US and the rest of the world. I’m giving to Farm Aid, which helps family farmers defend themselves against the ...

I’m not sending out cards this year. My address book is in storage along with the rest of my stuff while I stay with my parents in Colorado. I just got back fro...

I’m super excited to see my name on the list of authors represented by Constable & Robinson’s new imprint, Canvas. Looking at this list is my new version of...

It is with a heavy heart that I give Steve Martin’s An Object of Beauty a thumbs down. I have thoroughly enjoyed his other books – Shopgirl and The Pleasure of ...

It’s impossible. Well, nearly. I’ve spent hours on internet searches. I had hoped to find many great sites to share, but I didn’t. Turns out, there are no cute,...

“If each one of us spent $64 a year on something actually made in America, we would together create 200,000 jobs.” -Diane Sawyer, ABC News. I’m working on it. T...

Well, I struck out on made-in-America website searches for dress-up clothes so I did a search for dress-up clothes and emailed the websites to find out where th...

It’s rare for me that a book lives up to its hype. I was concerned after the first few chapters which seemed more like short stories just barely connected by pe...

In a previous post, I mentioned my family’s Christmas tradition of donating to charity instead of buying gifts. An email is making the rounds this season that m...

I never do this. I like to buy my books used on Amazon.com for a penny.  So how did I end up paying full price for TWO new novels? I tagged along with my parent...