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The One Thing AI Can’t Do for Us

A couple of weeks ago, author Jane Ward and I celebrated the launch of her new novel, Should Have Told You Sooner, at Jabberwocky Bookshop. One of the

Who Are You, Really? What Part of Yourself Matters Most?

There's a lot of noise out there that keeps distracting us from what's truly important. There are the small, daily sounds of trying to get through an

What Is Your Purpose?

I often wake up in the middle of the night. Our children are scattered around the world now, so my typical insomnia starts when I wake and

Vow to Write Better, Not Faster in 2016, Despite Our Binge-Loving Culture

Recently, I was skimming the front pages of the New York Times book review when I caught this item: Jonathan Safran Foer's new novel,

Why the Joyful Season Leaves Us So Blue

I had nothing to be blue about this season. Not really. True, only two of our five children could come home because the other three were

Discovering Prince Edward Island: Anne’s Land, a Fiddle Festival, and Four Kids in Tow

I received the advance copies of Chance Harbor, my new novel yesterday. The publisher's box arrived at the perfect time: tomorrow I'm going to Prince

4 Lessons about Planting a Novel that I Learned by Revising a Garden

Even the doctor was shocked when she saw me last week. “You poor thing!” she said, shaking her head. That's not what you want

How One Novelist Was Dragged Out of Her Barn to Embrace Social Media

Like most writers, I spend hours alone and doodling on my laptop, even on Saturday nights. Until recently, I had zero interest in fist-bumping people

Finally, I Can Raise Sheep—Sort Of

I didn't always love sheep. When I was growing up, my mother kept a small flock in a field next to our house, and our sheep did not exactly

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