Emma Lanier McLaughlin (born 7 February 1974 in Elmira, New York) is an American novelist. Read full biography of Emma McLaughlin →
As a rule, I try to steer clear of opinions pertaining to your parenting. I assume you're doing the best you can, and God bless.
The more Mommy blogs going nuclear over playground etiquette I read and birthday parties of glazed adults munching cupcakes like demoralized zombies... →
Before novels written by women were relegated to their own 'genre,' I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who raised my... →
For a blink of an eye, there was so much media glare. It was unexpected, and I don't think we realized the magnitude of the message we were... →
I think something that really shocked me as a nanny were parents who sort of assumed the worst from the get-go. People who didn't accept the... →
My writing partner, Nicki, and I became obsessed with a monologist who performs unscripted shows equipped with nothing more than scribbled bullet... →
Valentine's Day: Rubbing singles' noses in their lack of a mate and the noses of couples in their lack of time.
If I could give a shout-out to anything in the childhood world, I have to say 'Daniel Tiger.' I want to write a love letter to everyone on... →
Studios will tell you that they can't turn a profit on female-driven entertainment. Which is like the Gap saying no one is buying clothes... →
Cameron Crowe can write dialogue and shoot it with warmth and humor like nobody else.
With adult characters, you can pin so much on exhaustion. We write a lot of Manhattan women who have a lot going on. They are dehydrated, hungry... →
We 'chicks' have munched our popcorn while romantic comedies became just comedies, and then each female protagonist got recast for Matthew... →
A Hallmark card with paragraphs about my beauty written by a stranger is vaguely depressing.
Emma Lanier McLaughlin (born 7 February 1974 in Elmira, New York) is an American novelist.