The Story Economy Blog
One of my goals as a writer is to sell an essay to the “Lives” column of the New York Times Magazine. If you haven’t read Lives, it’s the magazine’s backpage essay that tells a short personal story. (Here’s a great collection.) It’s not…Read More
Something terrible goes on at my house, pretty much every day. It starts around 8:00 p.m., and winds down around 9:15. There is crying, agony, yelling, threats, frustration, and a feeling of helplessness. It’s bedtime with a three-year-old and a…Read More
When my dad passed away two months ago, there was no way I wasn’t writing and delivering his eulogy. But still, how was I going to actually do it? Truthfully, I had been writing it in my head for so long that it wasn’t that much of a struggle…Read More
Twenty-eight years ago, Stacy Burns made my life hell. I had just joined the gymnastics team at the local Y, and Stacy was a tomboy who liked to tease in a gruff, unfriendly way. At the time, I thought she was a bully—although now, of course, I see it…Read More
I’m not sure I’ve ever done a follow up post to the previous week’s newsletter. So this feels like a fun and novel idea! So, if you remember, last week, I wrote about a not-super-nice guy who came up to me after I had just finished speaking and…Read More