It takes a village to write a book
Yes, yes, we all know the old mantra that writing is a lonely profession. But is reviewing and editing lonely, too? Does it have to be? I’m pretty new to this, and I was slogging along on my own, but I recently joined a writing group in my city. I had seen an announcement for…
Read MoreMatera Women’s Fiction Festival
This past September, I signed up for my first writer’s conference. It was the easiest decision to make once I discovered the destination – the beautiful city of Matera, in Italy’s southern region of Basilicata. I had been to Matera over a decade ago, with my Italian husband who looked at me oddly when I…
Read MoreSurviving exotic meltdowns: Tantrums on the road… and in the sky… and on the sea
Thinking twice about bringing those little bundles-of-joy on your next exotic get-away? I wrote about some of our more ‘joyful’ family moments on-the-road on the excellent family travel web site, Travel Savvy Mom. www.travelsavvymom.com/blog/family-travel/surviving-exotic-meltdowns
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