Lessons on Writing and Life from an Elder
As a result of aging, your ego should get smaller, whether you want it to or not. That allows you to see the world through a very different lens
As a result of aging, your ego should get smaller, whether you want it to or not. That allows you to see the world through a very different lens
Part of me believes that as a mother I’m committing some sin of impropriety by writing the ugliest parts of my life
Not everything I write needs to be the best thing I’ve written
These unintimidating experiments will reinvigorate your writing when you need a breakthrough
Anytime I took a break, I was recharging so I could continue to overfunction
I write; I am a writer. My qualifications are that I say so
If your book is on this list, watch out for these common pitfalls
I masked in workshop and on the page, even as it invalidated my lived experience
I can't sacrifice my writing for the business of advancing my career
Notoriety is fleeting, but connection is forever
The publishing world’s insistence on the novel as default fails to imagine what a book can do
Not all who wander are lost, but I am, and I’ve almost always felt that way