While I was 100% confident with my decision to be childfree at that very moment in my life, in the back of my mind, I’d sometimes get a nagging thought: What if, in ten years, I change my mind and decide I want to be a mother, and it’s too late?
Read MoreMy mother died 18 years ago in 1995, but she was dying for years before that.
Read More“Don’t you think you’re one of the luckiest people ever?” my friend said to me recently.
Lucky? Um, no.
Read MoreThe best-known writing advice—what jumps to mind if you’ve ever sat down to pen a novel—is “write what you know.” Good advice? Yes! Bad advice? Yes!
Read MoreWhen it came to buying a new home, we didn’t really need to discuss what we wanted. We both wanted the same thing: a writer’s haven in the heart of the city. A contradiction? Maybe to some, but not to us.
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