1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Barbara talks to us about coming to terms with how your life turned out, teen-age rock idols, and how to judge the quality of a mattress. Barbara's articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times,&amp;nbsp;Consumers Digest, Parents Magazine, American Baby,&amp;nbsp;Westchester Magazine,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Writer’s Digest,&amp;nbsp;and online at BrainChildMag.com, GrownandFlown.com, WorkingMother.com, NextAvenue.com, TheManifestStation.net, and Road2College.com. She also teaches novel writing at Sarah Lawrence College. &amp;nbsp;Barbara and her husband have three children as well as a lovable shih-poo, and live in Westchester County, N.Y.&amp;nbsp; Her latest releases center around Lake Summers, a community in upstate New York - The Lilac House and The Bluebell Girls. To learn more about Barbara, click here. Hear us Roar https://maggiesmithwriter.com/podcast/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6781737/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/84478076