The other day, I was relaxing after dinner and streaming some episodes of The Office. This was one of my favorite shows when it first aired and a lot of the humor still holds up, even now over two decades later. As I watched “Office Olympics” (Season 2, Episode 3), I found myself doing a… Read more »
Recently, the music school I attended as a child held its 55th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall, and I had the chance to play in the alum orchestra. Since it had been a while since I’d played my violin, I spent a lot of time in the weeks leading up to the concert learning the… Read more »
Summer is here, which means it’s conference season! It’s that time of year when a lot of writer’s organizations have their conferences and big events. Conferences are among my favorite things ever! I love hanging out with fellow writers and spending some dedicated time thinking about nothing but the craft and business or writing. At… Read more »
What do you do when you’re out of ideas? I have often struggled with this very problem. In fact, as I sit down to write this newsletter, I’m wondering what on earth I might have to say about writing that hasn’t already been said. Terrifying as it may seem, I suddenly find myself out of… Read more »
Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite American authors. I love how so many of his stories are dark, creepy, and suspenseful, but they never quite cross the line into outright, over-the-top gore. Poe also is brilliant at writing unreliable narrators, people who believe their motivations are reasonable and their actions justified, even when… Read more »
