For me it’s about the joining the conversation. When you’re a reader, you are listening. When you write, you express. I was a reader early in life. The library was my refuge from a . My siblings were readers. I was exposed to good books and a bit of fun trash. It occurred to me…

Writing advice from my friend Jill: go for a walk in nature when you feel stuck. Ask for help solving the problem in your story and the solution will come, but “slant”, as Emily Dickinson says. Yes, exactly– go at it at an angle. It’s like kissing; if you go at it head on, you…