Sunday prep school, Real Simple, and what’s really simple
When studying time logs for I Know How She Does It, I realized that people tended to fall into two camps. There was the “Organized Camp,” …Read More
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Data vs. the narrative
While looking through some of my favorite business books of 2015, I re-read the chapter from Matthew Syed’s book Black Box Thinking on “Scared Straight” …Read More
Quarterly goals: how did I do?
Last December I wrote a post with my quarterly goals for 2015. While New Year’s resolutions are grand, I thought that quarterly goals might provide …Read More
Stuff I do not want for Christmas
The holiday catalogs are starting to pile up in my house. I will recycle them eventually, but in the meantime, I enjoy paging through to …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
There were shift dresses, and bad selfies (Nordstrom Trunk write-up)
If you read I Know How She Does It, you may recall the tale of Vanessa Chan in Chapter 1. She kept her time log …Read More
“That was my own little MFA” — novelist Camille Pagán on frustration and success
I got to know Camille Pagán years ago when we were both young writers in NYC. I profiled her for a City Journal article on …Read More
A different portrait of a modern family
Last Thursday at 7 a.m., a visitor to my house would have seen this: me, standing over the waffle maker, making about a dozen waffles …Read More
Platform, explained and semi-embraced
Every industry has its buzzwords. “Platform” is a big one in the book publishing business. It’s easy to loathe but I think it’s also misunderstood. …Read More
Can you really spend just 20 hours a week on core production?
I’ve been writing about how to construct the perfect 40-hour workweek. (Key line: create a career that’s on fire without you getting burned out!). I …Read More