Alison Umminger is the author of The Healthy Writer, a guide to self-care for writers. She is the editor of the award-winning blog Nonstop Writing and the former managing editor of Writer's Digest magazine. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Good Housekeeping, and On Writing. Her work has been featured on national television programs such as The Today Show
She lives in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband and two children.
Roger was like the Edgar Allen Poe of stupid people. He'd been making movies about women who were dead or dying, who didn't have much to say, for as long as his stringy hair had been ponytailed into a cliché.Alison Umminger
Before my mom decided she was a lesbian, I thought lesbians were all these really nice, earthy, crunchy, let's smother you with our twenty extra pounds of lady love and fight the power people.Alison Umminger
