One of the hardest things we do as writers is balance our writing and the rest of our lives. There are all the practical aspects: how to make time for writing in our already very busy lives? How do we fit writing into our life if we also need to earn money? There is...
I’m writing from Maine again. This week, we’re on the coast where, if we’re lucky, we can see the resident seal at the dock. We’re here with my almost-16-year-old daughter, Simone, and two of her friends; since all their summer plans were canceled, our families...
I’ve been lucky to spend the past ten days out of the city, spending less time on my computer. We’re renting a house on a lake in Maine and yesterday as I was swimming, a huge bird flew above me, circling and circling, flapping its enormous, graceful wings that seem...
From the pandemic to police brutality to the call across the nation and the world for widesweeping reforms, this is a time of change… What we are seeing in the United States has much to do with voice: who is heard, who is listened to, and how do our voices...
How are you doing in these unusual times? I’ve been finding myself experiencing waves of feeling, and talking with friends who are cycling through levels of anxiety. So far, at least, I feel like one of the lucky ones: the four of us in my nuclear family are safe at...
