Giant Pencil

I walked the edge of ocean today, hoping the sound and salt of waves might somehow ease the awfulness of this week’s news. I walked, thinking: what to do, how to help, how to move forward. I’m a writer but in this moment, writing felt too puny, too trifling, not nearly enough. I felt like … Read more

Trust Me

Strangely, I’ve had a good amount of good news lately. I say strangely because the negative political energy right now is thick as a skull, and it’s hard to imagine anything good squeezing its way in. Anyway, in late December my agent called to say we had an offer for my novel, a good offer. … Read more