A Model Writing Life
An Interview with Former NYC Runway Model and YA Author, Nicole Gabor"I think it all started with a feeling of what I wanted to say," Nicole Gabor types as we begin…
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May 21, 2021
Bright and Sunnyfield
A piece entitled "The Collective" on display at a Sunnyfield showing in 2017. The piece features representations of Beatrix Potter and Virginia Woolf, among others. FROM THE ARCHIVES:Back in June 2017 a…
March 12, 2021
Feature Writing, Fake News, and Media Credibility
I like writing human-interest feature stories. No, that’s not quite right. I love writing features. The first chance I ever had to write feature articles was for the small, weekly newspaper based…
February 2, 2021
Cozy Butterfly Project
So, awhile back I had the idea of starting a comfort shawl project that would allow myself and others to encourage women engaged in the hard work of transforming themselves and…
December 13, 2020
Quivering with Life, or Making a Fatal Blunder?
I have just spent what turned out to be my entire morning (after my requisite cup of coffee), at the water's edge on an Adirondack chair with my feet in the lake. As an outsider looking in, it seemed as if there was peace and serenity all around me.
August 21, 2020
3 Cool Ways to Work Around Procrastination
Procrastination. As a writer, I've built elaborate scaffolds of procrastination, making work that is really an avoidance of the work of novel-writing. I've built a website. I started a blog. I…
February 19, 2020
Simplicity, Luxury, Refinement
This morning, I grabbed my usual cup of coffee and my current read, and headed out to the balcony. This is how I start my days, with coffee and books and…
February 12, 2020
Happiness Isn’t a Goal–It’s an Outcome
HAPPINESS In the late summer of 2018, I arrived in San Diego and settled with my husband into a furnished apartment on K Street in the Gaslamp District. After living my…
February 3, 2020
Coffee in the Morning
Success: What is it Good For?
I’ve been thinking about success a lot these days--what it means, what happens if you fail, what happens if you don’t fail. Is the journey really the point, or are we…
May 22, 2019