What’s your favorite memoir?

August 22, 2012

This post first appeared on my Red Room blog. My favorite memoir is Alison Bechdel’s FUN HOME. The subject matter …

Do you envy? What are you going to do about it?

August 21, 2012

This essay by Erika Schickel in L.A. Observed is getting some flak in the writing world. In the essay, Schickel …

August 17, 2012

Originally posted on Tracy Rittmueller:
Make new friends, keep the old; some are silver, some are… The first Girl-Scouting Lesson I…

August 11, 2012

I spent some time writing this morning. I write best when I leave the house. I had planned to meet …

August 10, 2012

I look forward to reading Jill Lepore‘s The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death. I was alerted …

August 9, 2012

“As a writer, your job is not merely to write; your job is to get people to care about what …

August 6, 2012

Tanner Kent was nice enough to interview me about my writing journey for the August 3 edition of The Mankato …

July 30, 2012

Where was I on one of the hottest, muggiest, July days that Chicago has ever seen? Outside. At a concert. …

July 25, 2012

Courtney at The Loft was nice enough to ask me to write a guest post on the site’s blog. I …

July 20, 2012

This is the time of year for what has traditionally been my favorite sporting event: The Tour de France. I’ve …