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How Did You Become Interested in Writing?
Q: So, how did you become interested in writing? A: A nun. With a yard stick. And a mean streak. Just kidding. No one wants to believe me, but I had the most wonderful nuns when I attended Catholic school. This is my first grade class. One nun, one room, 63 kids. No...
Forgetting What Is Truly Important
My husband and I went to a local barbecue joint this evening. As we talked and laughed about the day we’d just spent with our nine-month-old granddaughter, my phone beeped. The PM was from a neighbor. The news was incomprehensible: A young woman, who, with her...
A Week to Recover
I can think of only a couple of things it would take the average 50-something a week to recover from. The flu? Base jumping? A particularly wild weekend? (I no longer actually recall what that last one is, but I’m told …) But I stand before you a survivor. A survivor...
Post-Election Reflection
Here we are, in this moment of post-election reflection, and I have to say, I barely recognize my country. I mean, I'm used to being the "odd woman out," so to speak, when it comes to the artistic community. What I mean is that I tend not to march in lockstep with my...
9/11: When Time Stood Still
9/11. I lived in New Jersey then, had lived there my entire life up to that point. New York City was the big brother my part of New Jersey looked up to, idolized. We cheered their baseball, football, and hockey teams and viewed them as our own. An hour on the train...
Discovering a Story’s Theme
I’ve given a lot of thought to theme during the process of revising my manuscript these last several months. Every well-written story has at least one, and often more than one theme. The interesting thing about story theme is that it usually doesn’t reveal itself...
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