Working hard for the money: 2014 update
A few years ago, I posted a list of all the jobs I have held in my life in chronological order. It was an interesting exercise that I highly recommend.…
“Where do you get your ideas?” is an understandable but impossible-to-answer question for authors. But “Nuns at Scout camp” will be one of my answers someday.
I’m often asked where I get my ideas for books, which is an understandable but impossible question to answer. There is no well of ideas. There is no secret formula.…
I won a Moth StorySLAM, and that wasn’t the best part of the night. Seriously.
I won a Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon Theater in Cambridge on Tuesday night. I managed to win from first position, which isn’t easy. I’ve won 13 Moth StorySLAMs in…
This is not the look a father wants to see on his little girl’s face.
My daughter’s new haircut is lovely, but she’s only five years-old. She hasn’t even started kindergarten yet. Where did she learn this perfect blend of annoyance and disinterest?
Dungeons & Dragons brought me back to writing and saved my career.
The New York Times reports that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz is a former Dungeons & Dragons player. So too was Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire. Many more.…
My first date advice: Tell stories.
TIME’s Eric Barker reported on what science says are most appropriate and beneficial topics of discussion on a first date. My first date with my wife wasn’t a declared date.…
Our daughter told us to shut up, and she was right.
Driving home from the pool club, Elysha and I were debating the proper age to allow a child to play in a pool without supervision. With multiple lifeguards on duty,…
Productivity tip #10: Get out of bed.
I’m not saying to sleep less, though I think that a lot of people could stand to get out of bed a little earlier. No, this is much simpler. Once…
Our children, circa 1840
Somehow, some way, my wife turned back the clock about 180 years and took our children to the park to sketch the flowers, the same way children spent time before…
Megan Washington’s stutter is just perfect
I’m not sure why this effected me so much. Maybe it’s because I also spend a lot of time onstage, taking to strangers, and can’t believe Megan Washington’s courage. Maybe…
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