Traffic, Kevlar, and a Critique When I first started taking writing classes, my friends would ask what they were like. I would explain in a lighthearted voice that the classes were centered [...]
Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! I am not a writer who yearns for a cabin in the woods for weeks at a time. Being away from my life for long periods does not fill me with creative joy. I wish it did. [...]
One Dog at a Time I got my first dog, Zoe, in 2012 at a time when I was trying to finish a draft of my novel in order to apply to the Incubator program. Zoe was a good dog and a very easy puppy. [...]
A Little Perspective This is what I did this weekend: walked the dogs into Harvard Square, cleaned up my kitchen, shopped on Newbury St., read the Sunday New York Times, watched the first three [...]