Leah DeCesare's nonfiction parenting series, Naked Parenting, is based on her work as a doula, early parenting educator, and mom of three. In 2008,
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Author Margaret Combs Talks about the Impact of Autism on Families and Why We Need Memoirs More than Ever
There are many fine family memoirs, but few tackle the subject of what it's like to have your family life impacted by the birth of a sibling with a
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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
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Creativity Frozen? How to Start Writing Again
A confession: I stopped writing fiction for two months recently--the first time I have ever stumbled to a complete halt. Why? The usual reasons: 1.
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Is It Harder to Be a Novelist or a Screenwriter? (Plus a Brief Meditation on How Being a Writer Should be Like Smoking Cigars.)
Lately, my novelist friends and I have been talking about finding other jobs because the publishing business is so rocky. Usually this list of
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How to Survive (and Maybe Enjoy) Going Public with Your Book
Recently, I asked a debut novelist what events she had planned around her book launch. She shrugged and said, “Not much. Most marketing is done online
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In Praise of Public Libraries
I recently had the honor of speaking at the 2016 New England Library Association Conference. As I walked up the steps to the podium, I kept my eyes
Read MoreDebut Author Virginia Franken Talks about Flawed Characters, Her (New) Addiction to Coffee, What Dance Taught Her about Writing, and More
In her entertaining debut novel, Life After Coffee, Virginia Franken offers us the story of coffee buyer Amy O'Hara, who has devoted so much time to
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Where Fantasy and Reality Collide: One Novelist’s Happy Coincidences
I came downstairs just as my husband returned from our local liquor store, where he'd gone to buy wine for dinner. He brandished a bottle of rum at
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