Tag Archives: Laurie Boris

My Year of Living Indie

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Jacqueline Hopkins-Walton, a member of a Facebook group I belong to, recently asked us to kick in our “top ten” favorite books we read in 2012. Five immediately came to mind, several others I can’t name because they’re not officially … Continue reading →

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Healing with Humor

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

I love a good joke. Even a bad one. Which is one of the reasons I wrote my first novel. In The Joke’s on Me, a stand-up comic returns to her hometown of Woodstock after a major crisis and tries … Continue reading →

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16 Uses for My Old Livestrong Bracelets

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

Yeah. I bought into the whole Livestrong thing way back when. I rooted for the guy. When I was a health blogger, I even applied to become part of the Livestrong division on a website I will not name. And … Continue reading →

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The Brave New World of Self-Publishing

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been sharing this link to an article by Nina Shengold in the January issue of Chronogram, an arts and culture magazine that serves the Hudson Valley area of New York. It’s a look at … Continue reading →

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Never Look Back?

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

One of my heroes, Satchel Paige, is credited as having said, “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” When I ran competitively, coaches warned me that every peek over my shoulder was a waste of energy that could … Continue reading →

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So Long, 2012, and Thanks for All the Fish…

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Loss, love, joy, grief, rebirth, pain, triumph: it’s been a rich and melancholic salad of a year for me. That canard of ancient wisdom, “Be careful what you wish for,” is definitely not one to toy with. For a while … Continue reading →

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Tell Everyone!

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

I’m excited to share the news with you…my third novel, Don’t Tell Anyone, has just been released! When pneumonia lands Estelle Trager unconscious in the emergency room, it ruins everything for the stubborn 65-year-old woman. She’d been keeping a secret—a … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek: Don’t Tell Anyone…

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

I know. I haven’t written, and the little Jewish mother in my head is making me feel so badly for ignoring my blog for so long. Well, maybe this will explain where I’ve been. Here’s a quick look at my … Continue reading →

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Honor a Banned Book

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

Sometimes we won’t read a classic work of literature until a teacher plops a copy on our desks or they show up on a college “recommended reading” list. True, I have randomly picked up books like Moby-Dick, The Catcher in … Continue reading →

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It’s Showtime, Folks…

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

In 1969, I was probably the only eight-year-old in Hopewell Junction, New York who knew the entire soundtrack of Fiorello! For that, I blame my mother. Her love for Broadway show tunes meant that the soundtrack of my youth was … Continue reading →

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