Review of Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir About Cancer and a Journey
A review of Suleika Jaouad’s Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted. A cancer memoir about cancer, but also a journey.
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Have you Been Writing? It’s Complicated
Avoiding an oft-asked question about writing and figuring out the real answer about what counts as writing to you.
I Finally Found the Holiday Spirit
I finally found the holiday spirit just in time for Christmas with a new houseplant.
Book Review: What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing
I recently had a chance to review What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing by Melissa Donovan. I know it sounds like hyperbole to say that this book has everything you need to know about writing, but it really covers a lot. how-toreference bookswriting
What’s the Word of 2020? Denial Ain’t Just a River
2020 has been flooded with denial. Need an image? Just think of a man standing at a podium with hair dye running down his temple.
Learning about a Childhood Idol and Gaining Another
I always loved Pippi Longstocking when I was a kid. I had no idea the author of these books was someone who deserved my attention as well.
2020: The Year it All Changed, Or Just a Blip?
Will everything change after 2020 because of coronavirus? Or will it all stay the same? Nobody knows, but we all have opinions.
Where I’m From: The Poem Sent Round the World
Where I’m From is a poem by George Ella Lyon. In creating it, she created a poem that would inspire writers for decades to come.
Myths of the Mind: 20 Years After the Decade of the Brain
We’ve learned much of what we know about the brain in the last 30 years and some of what we used to think was true has become brain myth.
Book Review: The Opposite of Certainty – Finding Myself in the Story
I started reading The Opposite of Certainty, a memoir by Janine Urbaniak Reid, because it’s another story about someone with a brain tumor. While the details were different, I saw my story.