What the F is self-care? I recently heard a young millennial (or was it an old Gen Z’er) complain about…
Tag: the writing life
Hannah Orenstein is the author of Playing with Matches (2018), Love at First Like (2019), and a third novel forthcoming from Atria Books (2020).…
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…
When a Purple Rose Blooms (Nomadic Press, 2018), is a collection of essays and poetry about Black womanhood from Jenee…
Well, I’m glad Halloween is over. Now it’s time for more prosaic fears. Myself. Yup, it’s that time of year…
Halloween is a spook-tacular occasion, what with ghosts, goblins and ghouls ringing the doorbell and phantoms roaming the streets. If…
Usually when I submit an essay or short story for publication to a literary magazine or anthology, and it’s accepted,…
To paraphrase Nick Hornby, My desert-island, top-five most memorable books in chronological order: 1. Escape to Witch Mountain Tony and…
Did you ever notice how, on TV or in the movies, when they want to show the difficulties of writing,…