“Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.” -Gloria Steinem Dear Writers, For many of us, it was a very…
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More than Halfway to Happily Ever After
Writers, Here she is. My fairy godmother. From the “Leslie Ann Warren” Cinderella. Ever since watching Celeste Holm wave her wand, I have always loved fairy godmothers. Because kids ALWAYS ask me WHY she made such a huge impression, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. Here’s what I’ve come up with: She had the…
Random thoughts on the struggle…and how to embrace it.
In Beyond Lucky, my main character, Ari Fish, believes something that I believe, too: Life is a sine wave. There are good days. There are bad days. You get good news. You get bad news. Basically, you have to learn to roll with it. To not count on luck. To believe in yourself. And keep…
It’s summer! Let’s break some rules!
Tip of the Day June 5, 2017 “It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” -Oscar Wilde Dear Writers, Thank you to everyone for helping me celebrate the release of The Wish List #1: The Worst Fairy Godmother Ever! This book is the…
Think BIG!
I got such nice responses from today’s newsletter, I’m posting it here! Thank you!!!! Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dear Writers, This weekend, Sara Pennypacker talked about her new novel, Pax,…
From the newsletter: Bringing the force to your writing
“Fear is the path to the dark side.” -Yoda “Don’t call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.” -C3PO Dear Writers, I saw the new Star Wars movie this week. And I LOVED it. And you will, too, because it is a GREAT STORY. With GREAT CHARACTERS. They want things that are important. And because of…
From the newsletter: Tennis and Writing
“You gotta be willing to fail… if you’re afraid of failing, you won’t get very far.” Steve Jobs “There is no such thing as failure — failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.” –Oprah Winfrey Dear Writers, Did you enjoy the US Open? I r did (although I was really sad that Serena and…