Writer, with Kids: Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel, Private Life, Horse …
The long slow slog toward sun
March in Portland. My love for the rain is all run out, and the rain keeps …
Writer, with Kids: Mike Cooper
Mike Cooper, author of: Clawback Age of kids: 8, 12 What was your writing schedule (ideal …
CHICKENS!!!
I’ve wanted chickens since before we moved to Portland (in September 2007), but it never seemed …
Writer, with Kids: Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars series, The Lying Game …
[random]
1. It was a weirdly disjointed weekend. I finished These Dreams of You on Saturday during …
In which I make a bonfire of skateboards and wrap my child in bubble wrap
You know how these things go… One minute Kiddo was happily riding his skateboard down a …
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Writer, with Kids: Sophie Littlefield
Sophie Littlefield, author of: The Stella Hardesty mystery series (Saint Martin’s Minotaur), The Aftertime series (Harlequin …
Writer, with Kids
Of the fifteen of us who began the MFA fiction program at Brooklyn College in 2003, …
The cost of speed
It’s only been eight days since I finished the first draft of my current novel and …