“Always be writing,” my agent told me when we had our first phone call. I already knew this. Of course, I knew this. I’ve been a writer my whole life. Writing is the only way I know how to be. But the way he said it reminded me of that line from the 1992 film…
When you read a story, do you see it? The characters and setting coming to life in front of you, like a movie? That’s my experience. And for the longest time, I thought it was everyone’s. But no. I had a conversation with a bunch of people recently—and, while most said they were visual and…
I love Sally Wainwright—so when a friend told me about Riot Women, a BBC show on BritBox, I had to watch. Riot Women‘s demographic is my demographic. I admire Wainright’s raw, unflinching focus on women in their 50s and 60s, facing retirement and menopause, feeling invisible, and acting out. It’s about time! Wainright actually shows…
Why create a website and blog now? Because when the articles you wrote years ago are scattered over the floor and you have to tiptoe around them, something’s wrong. “Don’t you have a list of all the articles you wrote?” my husband asks from the doorway. Don’t I wish. When you’re in the middle of…