Being a writer

Remember me

A bad dream is one way to remember why I write, why not doing it would be torture.

From acceptance to publication: Changes at the publisher

Acceptance seems like the end of the road but there are always significant events to follow. A friend is dealing with her editor’s broken leg, which will delay her book. Any physical problem with an agent or editor at the publishing house is disturbing. A former agent of mine’s husband fell very ill and sheContinue reading “From acceptance to publication: Changes at the publisher”

Midnight in Rome

At night the center of Rome is as still as the middle of a remote lake at midnight.

The writer and the laundry

We all have to choose where to lay our sacrifices, and I have lain mine at the feet of my children. The greatest sacrifice was going to work every day, thus missing important events in their lives

FROM ACCEPTANCE TO PUBLICATION: Dumb Webinars

Steve Harrison has had lunch with a large number of people who have made millions of dollars off their books.

BETWEEN ACCEPTANCE AND PUBLICATION: Prologue

The negatives have floated away. The support stays with me.

Recording my book

In the 1990s I commuted into New York City on the bus. Several times a week my seatmate was Roy Yokelson, an Emmy-winning sound engineer, owner of Antland Productions. We saw each other through some rough times. Roy calls me his “therapist,” and I feel the same about him. When I moved to the next townContinue reading “Recording my book”

Tragedy all around

Yoga evens you out and strengthens you, but more importantly, meditation (which simply means sitting there and breathing) invites strength and balance to deal with tragedy and pessimism. So what is the pessimism of the day? Global warming, which threatens our very existence, the unexpected accidental death of an extraordinary person you know, the massContinue reading “Tragedy all around”