Leslie A. Lindsay

musings and meanderings

October 14, 2024

Musings & Meanderings: What happens when you see the ghost of your mother in your room? And it’s been years since she died and you return to your hometown? Cynthia Swanson talks about her new book, ANYONE BUT HER, how intuition, knowledge, and grief intertwine, plus where to write, how to write, embracing change
November 9, 2023

Musings & Meanderings: Butcher Block or Actual Writing Studio? Celine Keating on advice to her younger writing self, her new novel THE STARK BEAUTY OF LAST THINGS; plus reflecting on your writing year, book recommendations, text + image
May 26, 2023

MUSINGS & MEANDERINGS: How to ask for feedback, Mental Health Awareness Month + debut novelist Mirinae Lee talks about 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster, the book that recently riveted her, being a ‘slow writer,’ summer writing workshop offerings, more
April 3, 2023

Musings & Meanderings: It must be cathartic, writing this memoir, and other untruths about writing through trauma. Tuni Deignan on her lyrical memoir, UNDERWATER DAUGHTER, blending motherhood with writing, Mushroom School through Corporeal Writing, and more
January 21, 2023

Musings & Meanderings: A Curious month, January. Derek T. Freeman on BUILDING UNSTOPPABLE SELF-CONFIDENCE IN TEENS, purging, writer self-care, hybrid writing contests, workshops, retreats, more
December 15, 2022

Musings & Meanderings: What writers need, where to submit, an archive of author interviews, book lists to tempt, building teen confidence, more
November 28, 2022

Musings & Meanderings: Memoir Monday Sarah Fawn Montgomery chats with me about nostalgia, finding home, feeling creatively moored, disconnection, and so much more
October 19, 2022

Musings & Meanderings: In-box zero, clearing the slate, childhood homes, art, architecture, space, memory, where to submit, recently published stuff, moderately creepy reads, gorgeous green photography
October 10, 2022

Musings & Meanderings: Narrative + Image, a glimpse into Amy Turner’s writing space, where to submit, singing the praises of Story Studio Chicago, where to submit, new published author interviews
July 26, 2022

Musings & Meanderings: Is writing art? Plus Katie Hafner on THE BOYS about isolation, connections, and more…mindfulness and space and much more