After cancer, addiction, and prison, writing became a lifeline. Through dozens of books, one author turns survival into ...

A memoir of conversion, revised. I'm a New Englander, with all of a New Englander's deep-seated reserve. I'm also painfully shy; the two things don't always go together, but in my case they do. And so ...

Improve your wellbeing and Write Your Life's Journey in a three-session workshop led by retired English professor Lawrence Owen. The workshops take place October 16, 23 and 30, from 10:30 a.m. to ...

This January, I tried something different. Instead of listing goals, I asked myself: If 2026 were a chapter in my life story, ...

Over the decades that I’ve been a professional writer, dozens of people have told me they want to write a book about their inner and outer lives as cabbies, baristas, pet sitters, pizza deliverers, ...

I am a storyteller at heart. If you’ve read even a few of my blog posts, you can see this in the way I open my pieces. I always start with a story because people remember details better when they are ...