Getting Started as a Writer: Finding a News Peg
I published a new essay this week, titled Sexism Against Female Athletes Starts Early. Just Ask My Daughter, tied to the drama surrounding Serena Williams and the disastrous US Open […]
When Life Gives You Lemons, Write a Poem (Or Something Else)
My three children are athletes. They’re teenagers, and we’ve been doing the competitive travel team thing since the older two were in second grade. SECOND GRADE, PEOPLE. WTH was I […]
Getting Started as a Writer: Retreats, Conferences and Workshops
I’ve been meaning to share some thoughts about writing retreats, conferences and workshops. What can you expect? How do you choose the right one? Here are a few ideas. Last […]
Getting Started as a Writer
It happens often: a woman, usually a mom, confesses to me that she’d maybe like to write one day. Or she does write a little, and she’d maybe like to […]
How to Keep Going as a Writer When Things Aren’t Going So Well
Professionally, 2016 was a great year for me. I got an agent. I got invited on my first press trip. espnW hired me to make fun of the Olympic mascots! […]
Mardi Gras Food and Fun in New Orleans
I’m still trying to figure out Instagram, but I do know what a LaterGram is — and this is the blog version! 2017 has been busy so far. I’ve been […]
Finding a Literary Agent: Acing the Much Anticipated Phone Call
Well, we’re one week out from the shocking US Presidential election that has left so many devastated. I’m personally just starting to claw myself out of a well of despair. […]
Finding a Literary Agent: Plotting Your Submission Strategy
So your project feels ready. You’ve compiled a list of literary agents you want to approach, and you’ve drafted a query letter. Now it’s time for the rubber to hit […]
Finding a literary agent: how do you decide who to query?
Ok, I promised to share some tips for finding a literary agent and negotiating the query process, but I’ve decided to break things up into manageable chunks, since I do […]
For all you writers: the aspiring, the struggling, the enduring
I guess I could call myself an aspiring, a struggling, AND an enduring writer. I haven’t been blogging much (ok, at all) because 2015 is my year to write a […]
