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  • In 2006 I was invisible -- an infertile, childless woman unseen and marginalized. That's because society was in the early days of a love affair with all things mommy....
  • Take on something physically challenging to you--learn to swim if you're afraid of water, cross a foot bridge if you're afraid of heights--tame your fearful monkey mind.
  • Birth. Of my son. It took me 10 years to recover from the trauma, humiliation, and shame. It is why this woman who enjoys the rough and tumble of being with kids so mu...
  • I'm not sure this is entirely true, that you can't write about teen sex.  You could skirt it, a little bit, and write about how the characters felt afterwards, physica...
  • For me, walking that line and keeping my balance is an instinct I've honed over a long time. It takes A LOT of practice. My advice...don't back off. If I were you, I w...
  • Rebecca Johns commented on lara vapnyar's article Bad.
    Excellent, and so very very true. When the NYTimes slammed my first book I thought I'd never get over it. (Still sometimes I think I won't ever quite get over it) but...
  • I was a professional writer (business and high tech) for 36 years, and in that job I would say, smugly, that I didn't believe in writers' block.  When you have materia...
  •  "Sometimes the stories you need to tell own you so profoundly that you can do little else than wide-eyed watch them unfold on the paper." These are the stories that a...
  • I love this! I have no doubt your journey will be amazing. I am going to adopt you "each day I wake up and I choose to trust" attitude for the coming week. Although I...
  • Writing before bedtime is good, especially when I stop myself while the flow is going. I leave myself a few breadcrumbs to know where to pick up the next day, and the...