Dreams are boring. That’s a rule in fiction. Also in life. No one wants to hear about your dreams. Not…
Author: Amy Klein
Would you think me a bad parent if I told you my four year old has seen Frozen 2 three…
Every year, I start a new journal. I love the clean page, writing Jan 1 (although not the creeping years…
What the F is self-care? I recently heard a young millennial (or was it an old Gen Z’er) complain about…
Hannah Orenstein is the author of Playing with Matches (2018), Love at First Like (2019), and a third novel forthcoming from Atria Books (2020).…
“What should I do?” I began my session with my mentor. See, I was in a low-residence MFA, where we…
Not only is Susan Shapiro a great writing mentor to many (including me!) she’s the bestselling author/coauthor of 12…
“You have a book coming out. Aren’t you excited!” “Excited” is not the word that I or anyone around me…
“What’ so special about your life that you want to write about it,” one date said to me when I…
We can discuss pitching and pitch letters till the sky turns green, but what would probably be more helpful is…