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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. 

My summer intern, Olivia Greeley, a student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, interviewed my friend and fellow author Judith Kelliher this week about the publication of Judy’s book, “A [...]

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 with a writer named Charles Merida. He calls himself Chaz and describes himself this way on his Twitter page: “Published Writer, YouTubist, [...]

Note: Please consider sharing this link using the social media buttons at the end of the post! What started off as an idea to share poems I wrote years ago with today’s young children has [...]

Free podcast intended to give children home on summer vacation encouragement, entertainment, and inspiration EASTHAMPTON—Janice Beetle of Janice Beetle Books will launch a 20-day series of free [...]

I’ve known Bobby Kelliher for over three decades. He is one of my favorite people.