Struggling with insomnia?

June 10, 2026
Oh, to sleep like a baby! Are you (like me) struggling with insomnia? Here’s what can actually help: If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling at 3 a.m. wondering why sleep won’t come, you know how discouraging insomnia can be. I hear from so many people—especially women over 50—who say...

What we’re unable to say

February 13, 2010
There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red" SmithThe role of a writer is not to say what we all can...

Weighing advice to writers

February 11, 2010
My writing group met by phone last night. They're mostly novelists, with a nonfiction writer thrown in there. I'm the only one working on a memoir.I'm wondering how much...

We can all use a little serenity, these days

February 11, 2010

Memory

February 11, 2010
Memoir depends on itcan be faultcan disappearnames of people gone for yrsthen out of nowhere...

Gone to learn a few things

February 11, 2010
I'll be gone until Sunday afternoon.Hope to learn a few things, meet some agents, have some fun, and prepare for the year of writing ahead.It's a full schedule, so I...

It’s not about the money, stupid!

February 11, 2010
(with apologies to James Carville)One of the comments on Serenity Hacker, regarding thepost about Denmark:But as you point out, it's not about money. The Danes havethe...

Don’t answer this

February 11, 2010
So how sick do you think it is to change Louie, Louie lyrics to Riley, Riley and sing them to your dog?I thought...

RIP, Captain Phil

February 10, 2010
You may remember last spring, when Riley and I were housebound with what I think was swine flu, what got me through the three-day fever was watching The Deadliest Catch...

On publishers

February 10, 2010
This has to be my favorite quote, ever, from a memoir publisher's website:Please be advised: there are times when I comment on query letters as a way of helping you...

Who are we, really?

February 10, 2010
It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. --Eric Hoffer And that's unfortunate, really, because it's the...

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