Jun 10, 2026 | On Writing
By Paula Munier As a reader and a writer and an agent, I am obsessed with not only with stories, but with storytellers. I read as many writer’s memoirs and autobiographies and biographies as I can find, I seek out interviews and podcasts and classes with writers, I go...
May 20, 2026 | On Mindfulness
It’s that time of year again. Here in New England, all the snow is melting, and the days are growing longer, and the sun is shining brighter, and wow! What a mess is revealed, from the dusty furniture and the dirty windows inside to the detritus-filled gutters and the...
Apr 17, 2024 | On Writing
“There’s always the next book.” Louise DeSalvo That’s what Louise DeSalvo says. DeSalvo is the author of The Art of Slow Writing, which I purchased as a kind of hair shirt and read as a kind of guilty pleasure. As a mystery writer expected to turn out a book a year,...
Dec 20, 2023 | On Mindfulness, On Writing
Tis the season of gratitude and generosity. Be grateful to your friends and family, especially those who give you great writer gifts. But be generous to those who don’t; you can’t expect your partner or your BFF or even your mother to know what the writer in you...
