On the floor around my desk are folders and binders… newspaper clippings and magazine articles. “Don’t you have a list of all the articles you wrote?” my husband asks. I kept lists of articles I wrote each year, ticking off the paid box when the check came in. But that was it. A master list?…
I was grateful when a friend recently told me about the new BBC show on BritBox, Riot Women, created by Sally Wainright. I’ve always been a fan of her work—and now I’m even crazier about it than ever. What I love most about Riot Women is the demographic—Wainright’s raw, unflinching focus on women in their…
When you read, do characters and settings come to life in your mind—so that you see it all acted out in front of you, like a movie? That’s my experience when I read. And for the longest time, I thought it was everyone’s. But no. I had a conversation with a bunch of people recently—and,…