by Lupe Fernandez Whenever I wax gloomy about the prospects of being published, I often hear the legendary tale of Dr. Seuss' first bo...

By Hilde Garcia Mom at Company Picnic Room 517 November 1997 The Week Before Thanksgiving My mom and I are sitting next to eac...

By Susan J Berger Yes I am doing it again. The absolutely insane world of trying to write a first draft in a month. And one of the thin...

by Lupe Fernandez "We were watching TV in her house," my mother tells me about one of her sisters, "and then she stood up a...

By Hilde Garcia Several years ago, when my kids were still in diapers, I attended a lecture given by Jim Trelease ,  an extraordinary...