How I Found My Way Back to Words

How Pages & Pause Began

By Laura Vomvos

I had been writing for years.

For nearly four years, I wrote a column in a local paper about stepfamilies and the art of blending lives together. I also shared poems and short pieces with Newsday and other local publications. Writing was never just something I did — it was something I carried with me.

My love for words came from my father. He was a writer too. Much of his work began as musical lyrics before he moved into screenplays. When I realized we shared the same creative, artsy spirit, something beautiful happened — we began writing screenplays together.

I joined the International Screenwriters Association, and together we started receiving recognition for our work. But then my father became sick. After a long battle with cancer, he lost his fight — and I lost him.

It was especially hard because when I was young, my parents divorced and my father moved away. We stayed in touch, but the closeness wasn’t always there. It wasn’t until I was older — through our writing — that our bond was truly rebuilt. He didn’t just become my creative partner. He became one of my very best friends.

Losing him after we had finally found that connection again broke something in me. For a long time, I stopped writing.

Then COVID happened. The world felt fragile. Life suddenly felt short and uncertain in a way I couldn’t ignore. I made a promise to myself — to pick up the pen, to open the keyboard, and to start writing again, no matter how imperfect the words felt.

Around that same time, my primary career as a realtor shifted with the changing market, and I found myself with something I hadn’t had in years: time.

That’s when I began researching how to turn our screenplays into books.

And that’s how Pages & Pause was born — not as a brand, but as a place to honor stories, creativity, loss, healing, and the quiet moments in between.If you’ve found your way here, I hope these pages feel like a place to pause — a place to breathe, reflect, and remember that every story, including your own, is still unfolding.

You’re always welcome here.