An Hour A Day

One of the most useful tools I have for myself as a writer is the distinction between a sprint and a marathon. A sprint is the specialty of ...

Last June I had a new furnace installed in my house. Last night the new furnace stopped working. Snow was falling, and the outside tempe...

As some of you know and others do not, November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. It's an official program, foun...

I had the happiest possible stay in Sheridan, Wyoming, talking to terrific kids at three different schools, writing in the Java Moon Cafe, w...

One of my projects for Act III of my life is to have a more efficient approach to fun. This sounds grim and actuarial, but it isn't. Wha...

In the mail this week came a fat envelope full of letters from second graders at Sampson Elementary, which I visited during my week of schoo...

I know the secret of happiness. Well, at least the secret of happiness for me: 1) Get up early and write on the couch with my mug of Swiss...