Jennifer Lawler

A while back, I ran across this quote from the French poet Christian Bobin: “I was peeling a red apple from the garden when I suddenly understood that life would only ever give me a series of wonderfully insoluble problems.

This week, I wanted to give the Narrator (still no name) a bit of backstory.

My memoir is available for preorder and releases October 6, 2026.

Earlier I had the Narrator going to see the doctor because she thinks she’s hallucinating these fairy creatures.

One of the reasons I’m so drawn to writing strong female characters is that it’s all too easy to absorb messages from the world around us that say we’d be happier if we gave up our power, or that we’re overreacting to treatment that everyone experiences,…

In this section of the ms, I’ve given the Narrator (still don’t have a name for her) a project to do – researching a candidate from the opposition party.

I used to think that I could help people understand my daughter Jessica’s situation (and not incidentally my own) by talking about it.

I’ve been sharing my writing process as I work on my current novel.

A few years ago, I moved to Spain and while I was living there, I did very little creative work.

I have been starting to see the outlines of who this character is, though I still don’t know her name.