It’s been a while since I read Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. So long, in fact, that when I decided to review it here, I had to pull it down from the shelf to reacquaint myself with it first. Skimming, I noted the chapter names and tried to recall what I had learned from each. […]

Mea culpa. On Monday I proudly announced that Tuesdays would be book review days here at WfW, and then promptly let the day sing by with no postings. I feel bad about it… how about a little make-up sex?

My writing partner and I have a running joke, based on a New Yorker cartoon. It shows two doors; one marked heaven with no waiting, and one with a long line and a sign reading books on heaven. The first time you stroll down the writing aisle at a reasonably well-stocked bookstore, you might be […]