A Random Assortment
I am so excited to announce that I have my first nonfiction book coming next month. Classic Diners of Maine...
There’s a fresh cookbook in town and it’s designed to make entertaining easier. Introducing The Easy Appetizer Cookbook, the latest...
Editing is for your words, not your personality. Here's how and why to avoid changing yourself for others.
I missed my flight today. It's for a trip I have been looking forward to, but somehow I just had my timing all wrong.
The writing process is personalized for every writer. I've found it evolves over time as what you need to enter that creative space morphs.
I can’t remember the first time I got recognized in public. In the early years of my career, before print news really embraced the digital first atmosphere brewing, I was known by name but not face. And in those days, that was startling enough. I’d receive letters in the mail…
Generative writing is a writing exercise where the focus is on words on a page, not the final product. This can be a powerful technique for writers.
This looks at a personal essay entitled "She Called It Managing 'Like a Man.' I Call It Assertive" written by a writer but not sold to a publication.
People will believe what they want to craft a story that fits their narrative. Sometimes not engaging is the best response.
Deep in writer's block, I wondered if my career was done. Here's how rereading my childhood journals changed that.
At a writing camp when I was 15, a professor told me that when I deeply cared about a subject, it reflected in my writing. But when I was disinterested, the writing became flat. At the time, it felt like a biting criticism of my work. I was ashamed that…
I am a writer with older children. As they've grown, I've shifted how and when I write about them. But what now?
