speechwriting

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…

Does anyone else have a problem letting it be? That there is a pretty rockin’ song about letting it be tells me I’m probably not the only one eager to hear those words of wisdom from Mother Mary. Oh, by the way, I’m sorry I was away for so long.…