All castles crumble, but still you build them
One of my Q2 goals is to revise the novel I wrote during National Novel Writing Month. During NaNoWriMo, as they call it, people attempt …Read More
Category Archives: Writing
Hurrah for Captain Underpants
My 6-year-old started this school year not reading. He was not interested, and did not want to practice or anything of the sort. Over the past …Read More
A novel for March madness
Every year around this time, people who are not normally basketball crazy find themselves paying attention to games. I remember when I was in elementary …Read More
Thoughts on public speaking as craft
I am writing this from a hotel room in Toronto, where I gave a speech. A highlight for me was signing 300 copies of I …Read More
No cabin needed: How to write a book in 3 months while living your normal life
Writing a book seems like a big, intimidating project. But the truth is that it is a project like any other. There are ways to …Read More
A few weekend updates
Thank you to everyone who sent me kind wishes about my little guy. He seems to be doing better. A few more coughing fits but …Read More
My daily writing quotient
I think of myself as a writer, so I am always amazed how much of being a writer involves things other than writing. I generally …Read More
Revision for 3rd graders and others
I think all writers like talking about our processes. We are perhaps a fragile bunch, and talking about a process implies a seriousness that we …Read More
Squeezing in a micro-vacation during a work trip (plus sources for stories)
I’m writing this from Orlando where I went for an extremely quick speaking trip. I was in and out in one day. It makes for …Read More
The literary Advent calendar
Our “literary Advent calendar” made its first appearance last year. The idea is that for each pre-Christmas night of December (or of Advent, whichever) the …Read More