What’s the Point?
One of the things that has been striking me lately is that regardless of your ideological or political beliefs, it…
Writing life
The Glass Is Always Full
This holiday that inspires reflection on what we are grateful for always makes me think of an exchange my husband…
Is Fear the Artist’s Foe—or Friend?
Fear is an unhealthy self-awareness where you’re so in your head, while simultaneously so minutely observing yourself from an external…
Should You Write “to the Market”?
Knowing what you want in this business is one of the most important factors in creating a writing career that…
“Seeing Myself *Like* Myself Is Pretty Damn Good”
It’s always a little surprising when we hear that people we admire, or who have achieved success by standard metrics,…
How to Talk to Anyone about Your Writing (or Anything)
Whether it’s at writing events with other authors, or you’re pitching your work to agents and editors, or talking about…
When the World Sucks Your Creativity: Zoom In and Zoom Out
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. This morning I received an email from…
Reclaiming Your Time
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Over dinner with friends the other night,…
Doing What You Have to Do
How much of our lives do we regard as items on our to-do list? We often speak of obligations, responsibilities,…
You Have to Make Choices and They All Have a Cost
As creatives we are constantly facing choices—many of them in our art blessedly malleable, at least until we’ve published our…