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Writing Rituals: Staying Grounded During Busy Times

This post originally appeared on BooksByWomen.org as "Five Weeks To Book Launch And How My Writing Practice Keeps Me Grounded."…

How the Japanese Tea Ceremony Mirrors the Author/Reader Relationship

On our recent trip to Asia I barely scratched the surface of omotenashi, the Japanese spirit of hospitality, but I…

Women Writers over a Certain Age

The following article was originally published on BooksByWomen.org. A friend suggested recently I write an essay about how one went about…

Passover Reflections on Moab

I’ve been back to Boston for a couple weeks but there are images from Utah that I’m carrying close through…

The Price of a College Admission Scandal

I had to pull my  jaw off the floor reading the recent reports of parents and college admissions consultants gaming…

Book Club: It’s Okay if You Don’t Discuss the Book

The following article was originally published on NovelNetwork.com. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard the disparaging…

Competitive Parenting: No One Wins

The following article was originally published on GrownandFlown.com. It's not like a gymnastics competition where the judges hold up scores…

Learning to Say Goodbye to your Children is an Overrated Skill

The following article was originally published on GrownandFlown.com. I scoffed at the parents, briefcases in hand, dressed smartly, waving furiously…

How Instagram Helps My Writing

I took a “Writing from Personal Experience” class in Cambridge taught by Mopsy Strange Kennedy. An exercise she often assigned…

The Camino de Santiago- A Modern Pilgrimage

In theory, the medieval pilgrimage routes of Europe shouldn’t have held any special allure for me. “It’s such a Christian…