Thank you all for your congrats on the new book. I have a question: How many of you carefully read the title of my new book, when it looked like this? The Back Story It is said in print publishing that one must be very careful about headlines. Today’s brief post is to demonstrate how […]
Writing/Podcasting/Nurturing Our Relationship: Heartfelt Stories, Hard-Won Lessons, and Humor
Where the hell have you been, Melinda? Quick answer: NOT poolside. I’ve been publishing my work on Medium and recently added podcasting/writing to my resume (as guest and host). Checking in with you now and more regularly, I hope, will better our relationship. For a while now, I haven’t posted stories here and there. […]
Here’s One You Won’t Want To Miss: Rest in Peace, Shirley Zussman
Getting to Know the Old Lady Who Got Away How Shirley’s Life Ends, and This Story Begins My friend, Margaret, sent me Shirley Zussman’s obituary, published in New York Times Legends. (I’ve copied it below, broken into paragraphs to make it easier to read.) Margaret knows I seek out old ladies — and Shirley was certainly something! […]
Holiday Cheer: A Reason to Smile and Articles You might Have Missed
Usually, “Bah humbug!” and devoid of holiday cheer… this video erased my usual this-time-of-year annoyance! Okay, so I’m a sucker for Poodles. Sue me! You might be, too, if you meet Rocky, my parti poodle. He appears occasionally in my writing — sometimes as teacher, sometimes as terror. Except that the darker grey patches on his puppy […]
The Perils of Online Publishing
Am I Boring You With This — or Are You Interested a Writer’s Life, 2021? I fear that your answer is, “Not that again, Melinda!” Perhaps I’m wrong; perhaps you do care about the perils of online publishing. My evolution as a writer parallels other changing fields. I am like a lamplighter after […]