doing it anyway

There are so many things that are scary about being a writer. I pride myself on having a tough skin when it comes to criticism about my work, but it’s still hard when people peek into your proverbial stroller and say “gee, that baby’s ugly.”...

one life

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. –Author...

the path

Do I choose the less difficult path even when it’s not best? The easy sentence instead of the perfect one? “Having my children was the best thing I did for many reasons, including that it taught me to write a single, perfect sentence. Having a big family...

some things never change (for authors, that is)

Anne Bradstreet was born March 20, 1612, in Northampton, England–yet she and I are sisters. So many years later, I feel just as she did. Here is her poem: The Author To Her Book Thou ill-form’d offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth did’st by...

happy new year

Jonathan Swift: “May you live all the days of your life.” Jon Foreman: “I want to thrive, not just survive.”