For all the inventions that might have made my life better, brighter, or easier but were never made because a woman never got the chance, this is my lament. For all the female comedians I never got to laugh at, all the women authors I’ve never had the chance to read, who were never taught in…
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Women Who Don’t Burn
Not that long ago a friend pulled me aside and said, “You know, if you lived a few centuries ago, I think you’d have been burned at the stake.” It was meant as a compliment, and I took it as one. Because what he meant was that outspoken women, loud women, women who didn’t sit…
I’m With the Banned
Somewhere out there right now is a child or a teenager or young adult about to pick up a book which will change their lives. Maybe it will be the book which cements a love of reading. Maybe it will be the book which opens new worlds, or sheds light on something they’re struggling with. Maybe within those…
Dear Reader…
If I were Ms. Austen or a Bronte sister, this is the point at which I would say: Dear Reader… After two decades of procrastination, fifteen months of on and off again writing, one month of manic non-stop writing, sixty index cards, and several weeks of juggling scenes until I thought my brain was going…
Wine and Cheese (Doodles) 