Find Your Match, Older Writer: The Secrets of Publishing Panel
Susan Shapiro's Secrets of Publishing panel offers experiences of and useful advice from authors who debuted in their 60s.
Susan Shapiro's Secrets of Publishing panel offers experiences of and useful advice from authors who debuted in their 60s.
A review of a recent documentary about the rise and decline of democracy in Brazil, with resonance in the U.S. today.
Plans to step out from my massive self-publishing venture known as this blog and place some of my personal essays with paid outlets.
A discussion of museum exhibits used by today's far right as an instruction manual for gaining and wielding power and how to counter this.
In his annual roundup of restaurants in Lisbon and elsewhere in Portugal, Richard Lachmann addresses the effects of stiff competition and chef shortages.
A discussion of a generic rejection phrase that marginalized fiction writers often receive and what it may mean.
Advice for older people looking to write fiction as a second career and to publish their work through traditional publishers.
Interview with JL Powers, author of Under Water, the sequel to her award winning This Thing Called the Future, set in modern-day South Africa.
The 2019 follow-up to my popular article on Lisbon's hipster neighborhoods, with suggestions for those moving to the city as well.
A daylong visit to a ranch in Portugal's agricultural Alentejo region, where I saw a variety of free-range animals and their offspring.