I recently read a Paris Review interview with the author Ann Patchett on the subject of making time for writing…
BURR: While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice Talk less HAMILTON: What? BURR: Smile more HAMILTON: Ha…
“Usually what happens in real life is that people ask you questions you can’t remember the answer to…When you do…
The other night I was reading a book, and I was almost to the end, when my five-year-old son asked,…
The fireflies are out in Connecticut. They appear each summer just as the Tiger Lilies bloom and the Hydrangeas pop.…
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero Here we go again: it’s…
A few months ago I got up early (for me) – around 5:30 a.m. I’m definitely not a morning person.…
For our most recent Mother-Daughter book club, our eldest member on the daughter side -a bona fide third-grader – chose…
I recently shared an article on Facebook by a local writing instructor who describes literary fiction as follows: “‘Literary fiction…
