Before we get started, I’d like to tell you how impressed I am with your commitment to bad writing.
So You Want To Write A Cruddy Story
Lost in the Gravity of Graves and Gravy
Word choice may not be the most important tool in a writer’s toolbox, but it is gravely serious nonetheless.
How To Rack Up A Million Blog Views (But Why Would You Want To?)
One million is sort of a magical number, one that has both a literal meaning and a symbolic one.
Writing Is A Marathon (and I’m Out of Shape)
I’m in another “empty tank” writing cycle, writing-wise, and that’s entirely my fault.
Fire, Writing, and Life’s Well Worn Grooves
I live my life in well worn grooves.
Art: A Workout For Your Empathy Muscles
What if I told you that you can solve all of the world’s problems by writing a story?
The Evolutionary Circle of the Storyteller’s Audience
I did something recently that I never do:
The Perils Of Creating Accidental Freaks
I don’t think about writing in quasi-magical terms very often, but unleashing a freak on an unsuspecting universe might be one of those times.
Quick Directions To Working Writers’ Highway
A young man recently asked me for writing advice. The request came via email,
The Mutable Measure of Writing Success
One half of a lifetime ago, I walked into a Los Angeles bookstore.
