Writing, The Long and Winding Road (thanks, Paul McCartney)
Dear Reader, Being a writer is hard. I can say this, because most of my readers are also writers, or
Dear Reader, Being a writer is hard. I can say this, because most of my readers are also writers, or
I know how to write. I’m a good writer. And the problem? It is hard to get an agent. It
Sarah Callender has a wonderful name for a writer, and she is an amazing one. Sarah and I read posts
Autumn is finally here. In some parts of the country and the world summer’s end was wet, with incessant rains
Memory is TIME that lasts, because of INTEREST. Or it could be TIME that won’t depart, and thus reappears, even
When I was growing up…the worst thing you could be called was LIAR. On, I am sure there were other
Many of you know that after teaching high school English at Bloom Township HS, I went back to school
THE POLLY HILL ARBORETUM, located in West Tisbury, Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard. If something were to suddenly happen
Living in a temperate climate means big changes, and also some major challenges. One day it’s sixty degrees and you
Okay, it’s autumn, and just beyond my writing window…gold, yellow, lavender, and so many shades of green. Because
When a writer like Ann Patchett is creating her characters, we give her some leeway…she is writing from her own
Autumn is finally here. In some parts of the country and the world summer’s end was wet, with incessant rains
This was a response to a question that came in my email from McSweeneys. Dear McSweeney’s, You asked: WHAT SHOULD
I’m a writer. I write fiction. I am also a woman. In Lily King’s WRITERS AND LOVERS, her MC, Casey
The word maternity immediately provides an image of a pregnant woman, a would-be mother, the female aspect of reproduction.
At the end of the 1990s, we moved from Chicago to Des Moines, Iowa. We were excited about the