I told you a couple posts ago that I would write about Bob's bout with a urinary tract infection. It all happened in between two bouts of...

He holds onto something precious, something invisible pinched between his thumb and index finger. “What’s in those pinky fingers?” she...

In March 2021, Bob's doctor suggested we put him into hospice care after a visit. He had been badly congested in his chest and his blood...

In 2009, for Bob's birthday, we went to the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. Bob was golfing lots back then. Traveling from Manhattan to Long...

I suction out his nose. "We would be millionaires if snot were a commodity." Bob giggles. "Freaking millionaires, I say! We could sell it...

It's been a while. I wrangled with the idea of writing about this subject again. In depth, I mean. I know I've written a bit and some of...

I talked myself into believing I needed an MFA in Creative Writing. I had wanted to get this particular master's degree since forever,...

Once a book comes out, there's this flurry of busy-ness and excitement--reviews, blog tours, podcast interviews. All of these events are...

Some of the top questions I get asked when it comes to my latest release, When You Leave Me, are: Was it hard to write about something...

Last week, I had the honor of getting to speak to a group of women writers. It was a Zoom presentation but I got to see a bunch of...

Whether writing novels, short stories, and even memoirs. It's a character that makes readers want to come back for more, to feel like...

THE ICEPICK APPROACH© Anyone can pick up a novel and find a “he done me wrong” story or story about the death of a family member. In...