
Buying Your Freedom to Be a Writer
I landed at the house of Vicki Robin in early February. The plan was that I, in between apartments, would live in her island home,
I landed at the house of Vicki Robin in early February. The plan was that I, in between apartments, would live in her island home,
Here’s a quick and fun way to get some more work done in close quarters with others.
How to relay an entire simile with a verb packed with meaning.
One of the bedrocks of a successful writing life is the full understanding that any research that needs to be done can be done in the bath.
If you’re able to focus on organization right now, here are some projects that could serve you for the rest of your writing life.
It took me about two weeks to pick myself up off the floor. I’m still limping, rolling onto the bed, numbing out on scrolling, wine,
I was scrolling through Twitter like every tweet was a bump of coke, when a post by my friend Willie stopped me: The next day,
It’s the time of Coronavirus, which is pretty much like the bad dystopian novel plot we all can’t believe we’re living. And I’ll tell you
“Yes!” said a young woman at the AWP conference for writers, rounding the corner to my all-the-way-in-the-back-corner booth. “This is where those stickers are coming
My rent is $350 for the next three months, and I can’t tell whether it’s that or the physical space around me, trees instead of
From my first essay nearly published a decade ago to the viral essay that got a million readers to the little goof essays I write now, here are 10 things I’ve learned about writing powerful personal essays
We stood on a closed-off street at a music festival, near midnight, third or fourth beers in hand, when the musicians on stage stopped in
I’d be driving and think, “Oh damn it, I never followed up with Susan.” I’d be shopping and realize it had been six months since
My coaching student scoffed. “Why are you learning grammar?” A part of me was with her, scoffing at grammar that meant memorizing latinate words. Grammar that
I’m looking up Narratively’s instructions on how to pitch, and I see this from their editor, Lilly Dancyger: “In case you’re wondering, here are some
When I decided to start a blog as a follow-up to my book Welcome to the Writer’s Life, I knew I needed to focus. Who
In 2018, I went to six conferences, which is, according to my bank account, too many conferences. Today I have a new podcast episode out
My favorite music genre being Sad Guy With A Guitar And a Story To Tell, my favorite band is naturally Bon Iver. They’re coming to
I don’t know why it took me so long to realize I could buy things for my home that I’d only used in offices or
Every month, I have a dinner party where we talk about the most forbidden of fruits as far as conversation topics go: money. We eat
I bartered with another business owner to help her design her systems, and we were deciding which electronic signing service to go with. It took
On the latest episode of my podcast, I get to talk with my coaching student, Bria, about how she saved up to take a year
I am feeling feelings about Kristen Arnett’s book, Mostly Dead Things, an absolutely fabulous and hilarious novel set in Florida. Psst: This site uses affiliate
As we walked down the beach one day, my mom and I saw two anchored boats cracking against each other in the waves. One had
I just finished Tara Conklin’s book The Last Romantics on a plane, and I wanted to call, “Attention: People in the emergency row. Have you