Who knew this would be such an epic?

Walt got it into his head that he wanted to paint our deck. He figured, with a little scraping and a gallon of outdoor, weather-resistant paint, he could have the task done over a weekend. To this end, we ran to the local home and garden center with a paint chip to...

The evil eye

You stand out when you have a published book. This is something authors want….and don’t want at the same time. This conflict plays out in a whole bunch of ways, which I won’t take the time to get into here. Why would we resist standing out? Oh, the...

Dropping the armor

Walt and I were talking about the performance artist, Marina Abramovic, this morning. I don’t know if you’ve ever caught sight of this video clip of her sitting across the table from strangers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. People...
What a music video can teach you about writing

What a music video can teach you about writing

I broke my ankle a number of years ago. I ended up in the gym after six weeks of going crazy at home, which is precisely what happens when I don’t run.  I don’t tend to watch TV or music videos, but I happened to be on the stair-master one morning when this...
Advice from a literary agent

Advice from a literary agent

This is a guest post by my friend Lucinda Halpern, head of Lucinda Literary. Lucinda is a literary agent. That means she gets writers book deals with traditional publishing houses. Trust me, she’s no slouch. She’s gotten some pretty amazing deals for some...