Nov 11, 2017 | On Mindfulness, On Writing
When after thirty-plus years of child-rearing I found myself with an empty nest, I needed something to do. Something to help me figure out who I was if I wasn’t a mom, first and foremost. Of course, I had other roles to play: agent, author, editor, significant other,...
Jun 22, 2016 | On Writing
I love writing. I love baseball. And I love the Boston Red Sox. These are the truisms that direct my summers. Like most every writer I know, I have a day job—literary agent—and my own writing takes place outside the 50 to 60 hours a week I dedicate to helping other...
Jan 10, 2012 | On K-9s, On Mindfulness
Don’t cry for the moon. Even when it shines with the glitter of the New Year, and pierces the cold gloom of winter like the promise of Spring, and begs you to believe that your luck has finally changed for the better. Those are the words that open my novel Wolf...