From Food to Fiction: Making it Up

June 26, 2012

We are happy to share another entry from our 52 Writers for 52 Weeks outreach. It’s been amazing for us to receive so many guest posts from people all over the country. Susan Boyles is retired from the US Army and a former small business owner. She is an avid cook who now teaches cooking classes […]

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Why Old Can Be Good

June 13, 2012

Sometimes old things are just old: old food, old make-up, an old computer, old socks.  Not good. Then there are the times you just feel old – like me the last few weeks! Not a good thing either. Looking “older” often hurls women into a panic: Really not good. My recent, unexplainable obsession with all things […]

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Divorce Diaries: I’m Excited to Be Interested in My Own Life

May 24, 2012

This is a guest post by Denise Albert– an incredible New York Mom and co-founder of The MOMS — a lifestyle brand and event company. When we read Denise’s recent article about starting a new phase in her life we immediately reached out to ask her if we can add it to our blog as part […]

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Blogging for Sanity: One Mom’s Story

May 13, 2012

This is a guest post by Nicole Wolfrath. We met Nicole serendipitously through a mutual friend that neither of us knew the other was connected to. It was only through our respective blogs and our appearance at the 92nd St. Y that it all came full circle. We love when good stuff comes from getting […]

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Why Follow-Through is Overrated

April 30, 2012

This is a guest post by Amy Gutman. Amy is a writer, lawyer and journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Salon, the Huffington Post, and The New York Law Journal to name a few. She is the author of two suspense novels, Equivocal Death and The Anniversary  (Little, […]

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What is a Baritone?

April 10, 2012

This is a guest post from John Malik and the first male guest blogger for the52weeks.com. Originally from New Orleans, John Malik is the author of the novel Doughnuts for Amy. He and his wife Amy owned and operated 33 Liberty Restaurant in Greenville, SC from 2001 until 2008. John received a James Beard semi-finalist […]

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50 Shades of Red, Black & Blue

April 4, 2012

“Sometimes I wonder if there’s something wrong with me. Perhaps I’ve spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my ideals and expectations are far too high.” — E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey 50 Shades of Blue I am reading the “book of the moment”, Shades of Grey by […]

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My Journey from Fashion to Passion

March 13, 2012

This is a guest post by Marni Heller.  Full disclosure:  Marni is one of my (Karen’s) oldest friends since the college years.  She is creative, driven, funny, and fashionable.  She is a wife, mother, daughter, sister and a great friend.  I have many fond memories of our “entrepreneurial” endeavors together many years ago. She was […]

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WANTED: 52 Writers for 52 Weeks

March 13, 2012

It’s your turn now to jump in!  Please allow me to explain… In the last two months I’ve taken the plunge – two plunges actually. I guess you can say I “jumped in the waters” – both literally and figuratively – in ways that before starting the 52 Weeks I don’t think I would have […]

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My Journey from Fashion to Passion

March 8, 2012

This is a guest post by Marni Heller.  Full disclosure:  Marni is one of my (Karen’s) oldest friends since the college years.  She is creative, driven, funny, and fashionable.  She is a wife, mother, daughter, sister and a great friend.  I have many fond memories of our “entrepreneurial” endeavors together many years ago. She was […]

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