I'm a comprehensive reader and I love books and my reader! Instead of filling half my suitcase with books before a trip, I download enough to keep me busy and I'm off. I've run out of something to read in 3 foreign countries where I couldn't...

Delightful! You expressed yourself so well I'm sure the paperback version will be a hit!

Ellen, I loved this! My parents were great readers, not writers, but they instilled love of the written word. I not only bought more books than toys for my kids (Benjamin and Tulip has been shared with the next generation) but we spent a lot of time...

This was a concise way to track rejections. At some point, though, you may be ready to take matters into your own scribbling hands!

This is great! Paper Children--An Immigrant's Legacy is my family story. I have a seminar entitled, "Why Your Family History Matters."

After 3 agents, 4 publishers and a lot of wasted time in slush piles, I ventured into INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING. Ban the words "self-published" from your vocabulary! The connotation is one of "hat in hand." We are all smart, educated women who make our...

Hi Jamie! I met you years ago through the Isen and Robinson family and had lunch with you in NYC to talk about my 1st novel, Gossip.com. Remember? I was so excited to read about your serialization! I'm looking into the process for my 6th novel...

I've experienced something similar. Not with my parents who were my biggest cheerleaders, but with male friends who thought my novel based on family history from 3 different women's POV "wasn't for them." I think we have to educate people to HUMAN...

Thank you! Just took a class with Claire Messud who rec. "Wolf Hall." I'm ready for a good book!

Fiona, you expressed the emotional side of writing so well. Should we let "our baby" out...even if we're not paid? Of course! You shared and the Universe will reward you in some way.