Permit me a serious moment before I chicken out: An Open Letter to Family Members Who Treat Children Like Toys

Audiobookishness

We are living in one of the most literate countries in the world. Even people who claim to not have… Read more Audiobookishness

I give and receive a lot of advice. Writing isn’t the lonely self-exiling world people like to pretend it is.… Read more Get Real

Getting through 5 months of work is never easy. Writers create, perfect, polish, so obsessively (if they want success) that… Read more FINALLY

I abhor the typical images of a cranky old drunk man hiding from society writing all day every day. This… Read more Renaissance Writers

I never have trouble writing. Words pour out of me. It’s editing that slows me down. Like most writers, I… Read more The Lag