About Writing

Failure and I were practically twins. We looked alike. We were inseparable. Back in elementary school and even in high-school, I failed all the time. Test after test. I just…

Barbra Streisand’s perhaps biggest career setback happened in 1967. Or not. In Central Park. In front 135,000 people. She forgot the lyrics to a couple of songs. She found the…

I had a completely different blog post in mind for today. I’ll have to save it for another day. Great moments are not planned. Sitting in the park reading Joseph…

So I finished Stephen King's memoir, On Writing. It's a book with lots of valuable tips about writing but for me these were the most instructive: 1. Read Strunk and…

Stories are timeless. And while we don't know if we'll always have books we do know that we'll always have stories. Stories are a psychological imperative. They help us escape…

Guess what? I've been nominated for something. I don't think I've ever been nominated for a thing. So huge thanks to Lisa Bouchard for nominating me for the Liebster Blog…

I loved it. More than How to Grow a Novel which I thought was only good. Stein on Writing is packed with useful tips to improve one's writing. Written by…

As I write and rewrite and rewrite my story again, I realize that if I want to be successful as I writer I will have to be frugal with my…

I'm almost done with the first draft of my novel. (There will be many more drafts I'm sure.) And the more I write the more I realize both the importance…

I met Ilene at a Writer's Workshop she was hosting here in Jerusalem and that was recommended to me by a friend. I enjoyed it immensely. Firstly, Ilene is simply…

A week and a half ago, one of Yahoo's featured stories was that of Georgina Bloomberg's new book. Georgina Bloomberg is the youngest daughter of New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg…