When my literary agent was first shopping around my anthology about parenting toddlers, I got down … [Read more...]
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference
I often attend the ASJA annual conference, where I glean many lessons about writing and life, but … [Read more...]
In Praise of the Big Apple (Hostel)
“When I think hostels I think rats and cockroaches, ew,” my friend Marjorie said when I suggested we … [Read more...]
More on Dickens
Awhile back I made a resolution to read everything Charles Dickens ever wrote. Recently a … [Read more...]
ASJA conference in New York this April
For readers who haven't heard of it, the ASJA is the American Society of Journalists and … [Read more...]
Reading Edith Wharton
After I finished Dombey and Son (a brilliant novel by Charles Dickens though one that's surprisingly … [Read more...]