I stared at the email in disbelief. “I’m out of the country with limited Internet access until June.” This from my website manager in reply to my cry for help after I discovered fatal errors on my website. I panicked. Then I got angry. What kind of Web manager goes hiking in the … [Read more...] about “Danger, Will Robinson!” The Day I Got Lost in Cyberspace
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“Gimme my money!” The day I staged a sit-in at my publisher’s to get paid
There it was, nestled among the bulky, self-addressed envelopes in my mailbox that held the daily slew of rejected manuscripts: a slim white envelope with an acceptance letter. I’d sold my first novel! For the princely sum of $1,200. No matter that the advance was small and … [Read more...] about “Gimme my money!” The day I staged a sit-in at my publisher’s to get paid
“Next Time, Don’t Throw Cake:” My Cinderella in the Big City Story
I was a poor, single mom of two young kids newly arrived in New York with a typewriter and a dream. I knew no one except my agent. When he invited me to a dinner party at his wealthy friend’s apartment on the Upper East Side, it was as if a fairy godmother had waved her magic … [Read more...] about “Next Time, Don’t Throw Cake:” My Cinderella in the Big City Story
I Fell in Love With My Man Before We Ever Met
They say a picture tells a thousand words. A voice over the phone was what did it for me. I fell in love with the man I would later marry before we met in person. The year was 1994. I was recently separated from my then husband. I was no stranger to divorce by then. I’d … [Read more...] about I Fell in Love With My Man Before We Ever Met
