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Writing a memoir is like painting a landscape or sculpting a jewel-studded necklace. Each work of art starts as a vision, an idea; then, it evolves into a sketch, and slowly, something real and [...]

I have promised an excerpt from “Willful Evolution,” and today, I deliver. What follows is the book’s prologue.

As I considered a name for my first book, I went through a process that was methodical but not very productive in terms of getting me to a name I loved. 

Recently, I had the pleasure of conducting a Discovery Session through Janice Beetle Books with Charlene Moses of Laconia, New Hampshire. She is working on a memoir about painful events that [...]

About a year and a half ago, I asked my intern from Westfield State University to review all the blogs I’ve written over the past decade and compile her favorites. I intended to publish a “Best [...]

Note: I recently did what I call a Discovery Session through Janice Beetle Books with a writer from Laconia, New Hampshire, named Claire L. Hebert-Dow. Claire is writing a memoir, and she came to [...]

 Program is the third in the spring education series EAST LONGMEADOW—Glenmeadow will present “Writing Your Life: An Author’s Tips on Crafting a Memoir” on Tuesday, May 23 from 10 a.m.-noon.

For roughly 20 years, Tom Zink and I were members of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Northampton. He was the guy who led the morning music program for the children. He was also the kind of guy who [...]

NORTHAMPTON—Tom Zink, a longtime Northampton resident, will return from his home in North Bay, Ontario, to read from his new book, Seasoned: A Memoir of Grief and Grace on Tuesday, April 25 at 7 [...]

My time in Majuro, the capital island of the Marshall Islands, has come to an end. I am home at my desk, and I want to tell you about the amazing experience of blending business with pleasure.