I have this theory that if you’ve come out of a bad relationship having discovered some good music, then it’s not been a total loss. Because while that relationship may have ended, the music will live on forever. After a terrible break-up in my mid-twenties, I emerged clutching to my chest mere shreds of my […]

I’m the sort of person that when told to stop and smell the roses will ask, how many roses per day? When you look at me quizzically and say, um, I don’t know, three, I’ll make a note in my to-do list to smell three roses every day. And then I’ll do it because I’m […]

I’ve seen it happen repeatedly, something called the domino effect, that is, when one person in a group elevates themselves to a higher level in their writing career, the rest of the group tends to as well. You knock down an obstacle and your friends start knocking it down as well. I noticed this when […]

Many new writers have to do away with myths such as “write what you know” and “write when inspiration strikes” their first few days on the job. But what about some of us experienced and mid-career writers? What are the myths and fallacies of the literary life that we’re falling prey to? Here, in my […]