Librarians are gatekeepers of books and words. My fourth-grade teacher, Mr. Moran, played a similar role. Every school day after…
Author: Alicia Bessette
In 2004 I attended a yoga workshop led by Megan McDonough, who was promoting her book, Infinity In A Box.…
About ten years ago, I predicted I’d never walk into a diner and see patrons pulled up to the counter,…
Martial arts movies are an unapologetically over-the-top art form, and I deeply appreciate them. Jackie Chan’s one of my favorite…
How’d I get my book deal? Simple version: I got a sharp agent. Extended version: A few years before she…
I grew up in Massachusetts, where many people seem to observe autumn with near-spiritual devotion. Which is understandable, because fall…
I’m definitely not a morning person. I stumble around for twenty minutes or so before I’m even partially awake. I…
Short version: I emailed a query to an agent at Folio Literary Management. Next day she requested the first fifty…
Like most kids who devoured James Herriot books, I dreamed of becoming a large-animal veterinarian. I envisioned an adult life…
Welcome to the corner of my living room, where I’m sitting at a mismatched desk and chair. Stella the greyhound…
