Gratitude journal: He thankfully fired first.
Tonight I am grateful for the loud, rude man in the line at Boston market who was perceptive enough to notice me wince when he demanded a coupon for his…
Metaphorically speaking?
Is it possible that your insistence on turning the page is a metaphorical rejection of the possibility that your future sibling could be a boy and represents your attempt to…
Caine’s Arcade: Pure joy
I know that ten minutes is a long time on the Internet, but I promise that this will be ten minutes of joy. Such creativity. Such enthusiasm. Such persistence. It…
Bob Dylan was oh so right.
This was tweeted by author Steve Himmer yesterday, and I thought it was fascinating enough to post here. Himmer asks: Is there one sentence in this paragraph that would make…
Gratitude journal: Separated at birth
I was sitting beside my teammate and friend in a meeting today when a colleague looked over at us and said, “You two are the same person.” She was right.…
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I have a piece in Beyond the Margins today. Beyond the Margins is a highly respected and well-read blog about the craft of writing and the business of publishing, produced…
Why are doctors such liars?
I had a cortisone shot in my foot today. It’s the second time I have received one of these shots. I have enough problems with needles already, but separate from…
Gratitude journal: Pink elephant availability
Tonight I am grateful to the instantaneous purchasing and almost unlimited availability of the Internet. I’ve been playing a game with my daughter that I call Pink Elephant. As we…
The 21 stages of accepting an agent’s critique
My agent recently read my current manuscript and sent back an email with some comments. Despite sentences like: I adore these pages! Once again you left me with a cliff-hanger…
Too much like Daddy
She’s only three years old, but she is already exhibiting some of my least favorable qualities: Wife: You should try the green ice cream. I bet you'd like it. Daughter:…
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