Early today I told my writing partner, who also happens to be a shrink, that I think I might be manic, and she was like, “OMG, shut up, you’re not…
Sometimes I think I don’t love my kids enough. For example, last night my 10-year-old son Lucas wanted me to help him with his Halloween costume. I very…
Remember how, when you were a kid, grownups seemed like they had life completely figured out? My mom in particular—she came off like an adulthood ninja. She was…
I wrote about Brock Turner and it went super viral, almost broke my website. As one might expect, I got a lot of comments, on the blog, on my…
You’ve probably heard the analogy that writing a novel is like birthing a baby. You might have also heard indignant mothers–or even writers who are also mothers–screech with…
As they trek through their ruined city, she thinks, We are all homeless now. There is no life left here. She prays that someone will take them in.