When I turned fourteen, two important things happened. The first was a big life-changing event: I got cancer. The second began as a small daily habit: I started writing in a journal. These two thin...Read More
Last week, I was corresponding with a friend and fellow writer whom I met at the Writer’s Digest conference back in August. We were comparing notes on the book-publishing dream; we’re bot...Read More
When you want to get to know someone, what do you do? Spend time with that person and ask questions, right? You find out what she likes to eat for breakfast, what makes him mad, and what makes her lau...Read More
Today I have a guest post on bestselling author Laura Vanderkam’s blog about how to practice smarter. The material is gleaned from my experience as a musician and music teacher, and the lessons ...Read More
This past weekend was a very exciting time for downstate New Yorkers. We went to bed on Saturday night after a small snowstorm kept us housebound all day, then woke on Sunday morning to the breaking ...Read More
I have been many different kinds of writers. I have been a joyous writer. A pensive writer. A prolific one, a stagnating one. I have written inspired things, and I’ve written idiotic things. I ...Read More
