Nov 30, 2019
Of course it is. Because how, one moment, can you be expected to write with relentless passion, pouring your emotions out on the page, as if each word could be your last, only to take a knife to all that writing a moment later? With difficulty. But that difficulty is...
Nov 29, 2019
On 4 AM on Monday, I watched the live stream of a satellite launch taking off from the Sriharikota Spaceport in India. The event was ten kinds of interesting, but one aspect stuck with me the most. I’ve read about the ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organization) many...
Nov 28, 2019
That plan you had? The one where you become a midlist author, quit your day job, and somehow scrape by? It won’t work. Everybody has that plan. Careers are only made at the edges. If you’re the most skilled, most interesting, most dedicated, most charismatic, most...
Nov 27, 2019
Have you ever stared at a blank page or that half-assed passage you wrote twenty minutes ago only to realize that you haven’t touched the keyboard this whole time? When this happens, you can always call it a day and walk away from the keyboard. Who knows, tomorrow may...
Nov 26, 2019
We live super safe lives nowadays. Which is none of my business, really, but it should be of yours. A safe, sheltered life hardly makes you a better writer. Get out there and do stuff you would never do. Observe other people. Stare and eavesdrop. Be naughty. Go to a...
Nov 25, 2019
Stories are often referred to as the shared dream. The term is no accident. Much like dreams, stories are ruled by an inner logic and unbound by anything external; at the time of experiencing, they seem as real as anything; and they take you to places you’ve never...
