Mermama

This summer, on a cross-country road trip from California to Vermont, we stopped in New York City to drop off our oldest daughter at a ball...

I realize I haven't been on here for a VERY long time. By way of explanation, 2015 was a super challenging year in so many ways, and it ...

Ugly Girls by Lindsay Hunter My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love it when poets write fiction. There's a meticulousness of language, of ima...

2014 wound up being an incredibly busy year, so busy in fact that this blog was neglected for most of it. I've been feeling really, real...

A Life in Men by Gina Frangello My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had the pleasure of meeting Gina Frangello last month at the Tucson Festival of...

Gasp . That is me, coming up for air. For a moment. And those are first three sentences I have written in months that haven't been in ...

I have read more this year than any other year of my life. However, most of what I have been reading are my editing clients' unpublishe...