by mamacatlewis
Here’s a writing prompt for you today: summertime! What does summer evoke for you? Good feelings? Bad? Does it make you think of a carefree childhood? A horrible time at camp? Your parents getting drunk? Surviving the city swelter? Mosquito bites? Ice cream? Songs?...
by mamacatlewis
I’ll let you in on a secret: I made a glaring error in my second book. And, why? Because I was arrogant and myopic, and probably a little stupid. Thankfully, that writer has grown up a bit and her writing has, too. I cringe when I think how confident I was when...
by mamacatlewis
In Prince Harry’s book Spare, there are some glaring errors that I blame his ghostwriter for not fixing. The ghostwriter’s job is not just to relay the story given to them by making it readable and enjoyable, but also to fact-check the subject’s...
by mamacatlewis
A snowman stared back at me today while I made some gf peanut butter cookies. The snowman was made by my now 21-year old daughter, currently eating a quesadilla in the breakfast nook, having just awoken from a ‘winter break’ slumber. She had been in...
by mamacatlewis
I get asked this. A lot. How does someone start? Well, it depends what your end product will be. Do you want to write an essay about a particular experience? We’ve all written those in school, so this should be fairly simple. You start with an introduction, key...
