These are challenging days, but now is the time to embrace your creativity and dive into that new, ongoing, or unfinished project that you've been wanting...

The end of the year is a joyous time of year, but it can also be hectic and exhausting. Karen provides some realistic and helpful tips on how to take a littl...

I always love to participate in events like this. We helped women in need AND had a wonderful conversation about books, book clubs, reading and writing. Host...

Almost 100 hundred women gathered for this book talk while their mates played golf. We shared favorite books, talked about the writers journey and I introduc...

Need a little mid-year pep talk? Karen shares some advice for assessing and celebrating our progress toward our goals and how to get motivated to take on th...

Poetic Justice Books and Art Store is a new independent book store in Port Saint Lucie, FL. Run by writer, publisher, and, now entrepreneurial owner, Kris Ha...

Rejection has two sides, and both are often hard to embrace. The first side you in 100% control. You have the power to say "no." No to a request, an assign...

I love returning to New York. I spend time with my two grandsons, see old friends, re-connect with cousins. So when an invitation came to serve on a panel ...

Finding time to do the things you love, that foster creativity and move forward your goals is critical. Karen shares her thoughts on finding that precious t...

Fun event at Barnes & Nobel Yonkers, NY. Over 20 men and women joined me. We had a wonderful discussion about books in general and about my novel. I'm lookin...

Speaking at book clubs is special. I love having conversations with readers about the characters and the challenges they face. I love my two protagonists and...

A powerful TED Talk on healing – how Tiffany Southerland learned to face and embrace her “whole” story, including the abuse she suffered as a child. I rememb...

When friends learned, I had a contract with Akashic Books they said, “Wow. You worked so hard for this and finally made it.” This comment puzzled me. It soun...

Karen discusses her book Getting It Right in this interview with Philip Robinson.

In her latest video, Karen discusses the importance of gratitude and the role it plays in her book, Getting It Right.

A few weeks ago, I had the honor of giving the keynote talk at the Women’s Mental Health Wellness Conference in Chesapeake, VA. They invited me because, Kara...

If you haven't picked up your copy of Getting It Right, now's your chance to get a great deal! Amazon is featuring Getting It Right as one of it's Kindle Mo...

I am so honored to share that I have been featured as one of 5 debut authors over 50 to check out in the November/December issue of Poets & Writers. The issu...

Getting It Right is a great for book clubs and other discussion groups. Because the book tackles several issues such as grit and resilience, race, and much ...

Maybe you read about the sitting disease. Studies show that for every hour we sit after age 25, we lose 21.8 minutes of life expectancy. Compare that to smok...