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Breaking the Damned Rules
Every serious writer knows the endless rules to writing a good book. But I’ve always wondered: Who makes up all these rules and why do we

The Day I Met Carrie Fisher
Many years ago I was doing a community building workshop for Toyota at a conference they held for their female employees. There

5 Reasons You Should Attend Your 50th High School Reunion
I almost didn’t go. After all, until her death twelve years ago, my mom kept me up on all the hometown gossip about people I knew (and didn’t

The Spark
I knew I liked Myra Lewis Williams 27 years ago when we went to lunch together for the first time. We were in a Mexican restaurant enjoying our

A Rose is a Rose
With the two new biographies just out about Rosemary Kennedy, I decided it’s time to share a story about my experience working for her sister,

5 Reasons You Should Write Your Memoir
Everybody has a story. What’s yours? You may think your story isn’t worth telling, but all of us have had disappointments, triumphs, and comedy