Falling In Love With Characters
Falling In Love With Characters I understand now why authors write sequels: Because it’s tough to walk away from your characters at the end of your novel. The lead women characters in Brilliant Charming Bastard—Rose, Joyce and Maxine—have been my companions for almost two years. Rose Bingham spent her career as a professor of Biology […]
Sick of Watching
Sick of Watching – Try Shows about Strong Older Women A column on what to watch in lockdown should be obsolete. But as the saying goes, what doesn’t kill you mutates and tries again. If for any reason you are not vaccinated, please stop reading this and go do it now. But even those of us […]
The Expanding Stellaverse
The Expanding Stellaverse I started the Stella project to push back on the nexus of ageism and sexism by reminding society that older women live vivid, passionate lives. To do that, I encourage women past midlife to share our erotic stories. My upcoming novel, Brilliant Charming Bastard, is in line with that fun revolution. The […]
End the Divide between Young and Old
To Conquer – End the Divide between Young and Old One of my favorite cartoons shows a medieval king in a gold crown standing on castle ramparts with a robed advisor by his side. Down below, a crowd of angry peasants gathers to storm the castle, half of them armed with pitchforks and the other […]
For Women Agency is the Issue
For Women Agency is the Issue. As I write this, the elected government of Afghanistan has fallen. We see reports – not always well validated because of the situation there – of hospital workers who hid at home out of fear of the Taliban, were ordered back to work and the women went in burquas, […]
Towards A Diet-Free Revolution
Towards A Diet-Free Revolution Dr. Alexis Conason began her career as a clinical psychologist with a goal to help people lose weight. When she was introduced to the concept of Health at Every Size, she experienced a paradigm shift which she shares in her new book, The Diet-Free Revolution. This book encourages us to take […]
