To prepare for an upcoming writing retreat in France led by my friend Summer Hardinge, I decided to read Alain de Botton’s The Art of...

It’s always tough to write about family. Well, not the writing part—the publishing part. Feelings can get hurt. Relationships can get...

Every now and then I find a writing prompt that is so much fun it requires wider sharing. Mood Ring, from Writing from the Senses: 59...

The first thing I want to say about Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear is “buy it.” Her advice is honest,...

Like most writers, I am a bibliophile. I don’t say this lightly: every room in my house, including bathrooms, has books piled and...