About Cara Wood
Cara Wood is a member of the 2015 GrubStreet Novel Incubator class. A PR and marketing professional by day, she holds a master’s degree in communication from Clark University.
After a career as an executive at several global companies, Michael Rose began writing novels. Publishing fiction has been an ambition since childhood, but as he puts it “was something from the top tier of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and…
In December of last year, I attended the Massachusetts Conference for Women on behalf of my day job. There were dozens of wonderful speakers that gave me a lot to think about when it comes to leadership and career planning….
Six years ago, I was finishing a first draft of my still-in-progress novel and got stuck at the final scene. My heroine needed to thwart an elaborate ATM scam run by her charismatic captors. How exactly had they pulled off…
Think of your favorite movie. Perhaps it is hard for you to narrow down the list. But chances are when you try to think of the best film you’ve ever seen in your life, a few things happen. You remember…
Most writers will tell you that the thinnest book on their shelf also contains some of the best wisdom (and possibly the most dogeared pages). The Elements of Style by William Strunk Junior and E.B. White is a go-to for…
You could chalk it up to nostalgia: Re-watching a childhood classic to remember a loved one or a Christmas past. But often, I find turning to classic Christmas movies can be a way for me, my family and friends to…