Claire Bidwell Smith

This post is mostly going to be just images since we are rushing out the (hotel) door to meet up with Greg’s brother for the day. Although I have a couple more events and readings coming up, this is the last official stop on my book tour and I’m a little sad! Despite being hugely Read more…

I returned home yesterday from a week in Chicago and Boston and I feel like it’s going to take me just as many days to recover as I was gone. It was a fantastic trip, and had I not been pregnant and toting a husband and toddler with me, it probably wouldn’t have been as Read more…

The last few days have been a whirlwind. It’s been so much fun being back in Chicago, especially staying downtown. On Wednesday I visited my old neighborhood, rode the train up to Lincoln Square and got to pop into my favorite prenatal yoga class. Then I soaked up my last night of solo traveling with Read more…

I arrived home from New York yesterday afternoon, haggard and harried. In case you’re wondering if any of this book tour stuff is going to my head, rest assured that being a pregnant mom keeps me quite humbled, exhausted, and often too covered in vomit to get wrapped up in swank hotels and room service. Read more…

Greg, Vera and I arrived in New York City yesterday for my big reading tonight, and I’m tapping this out from the tippy-top of my hotel in Soho. The views are, in a word, dizzying. I would LOVE to see you at my reading tonight, if you’re in the New York area. It starts at Read more…

  I’m sitting in the lobby of my hotel in New York, trying not to fall asleep as I wait for my car to the airport, trying to get a few more things done before I go back to toddlerland. I just wanted to remind you that I have a bunch of events coming up. Read more…

I’m in a rush right now, having finally slept (and overslept) a solid night’s sleep last night. I have to be in the recording studio in 45 minutes to finish recording the last three chapters of my book. The last couple of days have flown by. The recording itself has gone better than anyone could Read more…

Good morning from New York! I’m writing this from my chic little hotel room in Soho, where I arrived blearily last night. I’m due in the Penguin offices in an hour and am catching up online for now. News on the television in the corner, a cacophony of buildings and bright sunshine outside my window. Read more…

I don’t even know where to begin. The last few days have been an absolute whirlwind. My book has been out in the world for just three days and already my inbox is full to the brim with the most heartfelt emails from readers I’ve never met, with new Twitter followers, Facebook friends, photo after Read more…