by Susan Kietzman | Sep 3, 2025 | posts
What you’re about to read was written 15 years ago, for an NPR fiction writing contest. I can’t remember the word limit…but the entry was to include the words fly, button, trick, and plant. It was a fun exercise! I don’t think I sent it to anyone, except NPR. So, here...
by Maura Casey | Aug 5, 2025 | posts
Writing a book is a leap of faith – faith in yourself, in the years-long process of producing the work, and in the belief that the written word makes a difference. It took me five years to write and publish my book, “Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery” from...
by Bethe Dufresne | Aug 1, 2025 | posts
You don’t have to be a journalist – although you may have to be of a certain age – to recognize the entreaty “Get me rewrite!” from vintage scenes of reporters on deadline calling into the office to dictate or update breaking news stories. Even before the arrival of...
by Ruth W. Crocker | Jul 7, 2025 | posts
Have you ever heard someone say, after a traumatic or startling event: “I just can’t talk about it right now”? They may describe themselves as “lost for words,” as if the right words have not yet been invented to pinpoint feelings with precision. This is a normal,...
by Jane Percy | Jun 18, 2025 | posts
Shakespeare’s Hamlet is arguably the most often performed play in the canon and the subject of an endless array of scholarly papers. So it’s not surprising that many of its most famous lines are still in use today. A few come to mind: “Brevity is the soul of wit” (Act...
by Lisa Brownell | May 30, 2025 | posts
If someone asked me, “Do you believe in ghosts and the supernatural?” I would reply, “Of course not! Well — not really.” A longer, more truthful answer would be, “I’ve never seen a ghost or anything even close to that description, but I am interested in ghost stories...
