This was a wonderful post! When I saw the title I think my mouth fell open in shock and a rush of outrage lol I fully take back the filthy look I gave you ;)
I was a...
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Thanks so much for sharing your expertise. I've been contemplating expanding several personal essays into a memoir and your list is a great help. Detachment is definit...
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Wonderful comments, everyone! I'm writing from Vilnius, Lithuania, where I'm on a book tour! My book, "We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust," began when...
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The earliest stories and poems I wrote were so exciting, I was about 11 years old. I hid what I wrote for a long time. Not because it felt naughty, or I thought the wr...
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Nancy, great post. If people think we've reached a post-feminist era they have only to go online to discover the level of misogyny that can quickly become viral. Since...
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Mark, Interestingly, I'm teaching a college course titled College To Careers and this is exactly the kind of philosophy in life I'm trying to teach them. The problem i...
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As an author you are going to face these situations; it comes with the territory. The bigger question here is, "Will and can my story help inspire others?" And that qu...
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The awesome box sounds great. Kids are like adults. Those personal recommendations are what we're likeliest to read.
Re graphic novels, American Born Chinese by Gene...
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@Jackie, thanks for your advice on this. Another perspective and good to hear different ways of handling this. I do think some reviewers get personal, and I don't like...
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