One of the reasons I was able to sound so well-informed during my short radio interview last month about potential changes to the Air Carrier Access Act was because I’d been hard at work on an article about that very thing for The Bark magazine. Editors there liked what I wrote, and now you can […]
This time next week Mike, Whitney and I will be on our way to California. Mendocino, to be exact: I was awarded a grant to attend the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference (MCWC) from August 2 to August 5, 2018. I was flattered – and surprised – to receive the grant. Flattered, since it means I […]
Just a quick note to remind you that the 2018 Northwestern Summer Writers Conference is from August 9 to August 11 this year, and they’ve extended their early bird registration through midnight today, Sunday, July 15. If you want to take advantage of the special rate, go to their website today and sign up. I’ve […]
The schedule for Northwestern University’s Summer Writers Conference just came out, and guess what? I’m on it! Here’s the workshop I’ll be leading there on Saturday morning, August 11: Smelling is Believing: Writing Using Your Other Senses with Beth Finke Visual descriptions come easy to most writers, but when it comes to bringing readers into […]
The questions Robin Sitten and I got from our audience at the Perkins School for the Blind Thursday sure were thought-provoking. Here’s a sampling: Did you write your memoir Long Time, No See as therapy, or did you write it to share your journey with others? The people who sign up for your memoir classes, […]