Only connect ... Why I'm on Substack
The arts, film, a serial memoir and a dialogue about the writing life
Substack offers not socialization but intimacy—that’s its gift.
Reader, author, professor, radio show host, columnist. Best advice I ever got? ‘Only connect …’ E.M. Forster and I want to connect with you!
So, glad you’re here for essays about the arts, books, movies, all things literary and Write it! that includes a collaboration with Eleanor Anstruther, a dialogue with videos that answer your q’s.
A serial memoir: the good, the bad and the foolish (Oh my!): (Re)Making Love (not what you’re thinking :)!
My mantra: Love is the answer. Now what is the question?
I’m the author of the collected short stories The Woman Who Never Cooked and the novel Who by Fire and that quirky memoir that you’ll find unfolding live. If you click on the links: Clips of me at some pretty cute (I hope, anyway :) book talks.
You’ll also find me on Inner Life, a collaborative Substack circling the arts with invited guests—it’s FREE!
To give you an idea of how I started here on Substack (my favorite place in this crazy ever-changing world!), click below the butterfly photo:
I’ll love you back.
Love,
Dear Mary. I see you followed me, but I don’t write on Substack. Well initiate writing. I read. And comment. That’s all I have time for now, & have come across some really great writing. Just wanted to let you know though.
PS - that’s a very beautiful picture of you.
Lisa
Great piece .... and I mean the writing. Gorgeous ... and I mean the writing. Gobsmacked by you ... and I mean the writing. Admiring what I see here ... and I mean the writing too. If you were in my neighbourhood I'd want to walk a well-worn path to your door ... you know, to see more of the writing. Don't worry, I'm not blind .... not yet anyway notwithstanding all those lectures, I will not stop, but I would pause for you .... and I mean for the writing. Thanks for your note to re-connect us today. Cheers, Mark