A safe, creative sanctuary where people use writing to connect deeply with themselves, their stories, and each other.

Musings on myeloma and cancer history.

A newsletter about multiple myeloma for patients, caregivers, and advocates.

Poems, essays and commentaries as well as insights from my Three Sundays Series.

This is heart work

dispelling rumors on the evil stepmother, storytelling of life's mundane braveries

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

An ocean of stories from Salman Rushdie: I'll be talking about stories I’ve read or seen, true stories, tall stories, stories about me, and some I just made up.

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

The Secret Life of Cookies podcast online space, where I talk to about politics and culture (and bake) with people you know, new sweet and savory recipes every week, a vault full of nearly 200 recipes. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cookbook out 9/25!

This is the home of two newsletters. Paid subscribers get Cheryl's Dear Sugar Letter monthly, plus her free newsletter several times a year, which includes her "Tells Us" author series. Free subscribers get everything but the monthly Dear Sugar Letter.

The FAQ on how to find an agent and how to write books, all in one place.