Anxiety and the world made me a Type A person, but my writing habits are fully Type B. Finally, I'm embracing it.

Karen is a writer and seventh-grade English teacher based in Newton, Massachusetts. Her first novel, JUST LIZZIE, was published in November 2023 and went on to become a Lambda LGBTQ+ Award finalist an...

Few of us make it through a creative writing education without being told to “kill your darlings”—to excise even the cleverest turn of phrase or most exquisitely crafted sentence if it doesn’t serve t...

A day as a teacher is filled with unpredictability, split-second decisions, and a constant go-go-go mentality.

Since I was a teenager, I’ve jumped at any opportunity to watch Jean Valjean break parole, Fantine dream a dream and Javert swear by the stars, Karen Wilfrid writes. She’s seen “Les Mis” 14 times, but...

"I had held on longer than most and, up to age 12, could still find one or two friends who would secretly, shamefully, play with me in the basement."

After Tyler’s death, I felt this distinct lack of vocabulary for what we had shared