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I’m only beginning to feel comfortable telling people that I’m working on a novel. This leads to the question, What’s your novel about? And I say, A grandmother and a granddaughter. Stop. Full stop. In part because the rest of it is too complicated for small talk. In part because I feel like a fraud.Continue reading “Fiction/Becoming a Novelist”

In September 2015, I will turn thirty, will leave my twenties behind. The new decade can’t come quickly enough. My whole life so far, I’ve been older than my years: watching black and white movies, making friends with older women. Thanks to my Old Lady Friends, I know what to look for in a retirementContinue reading “Growing Grey”