You are bumptious and I am lachrymose
In my last year of High School, my AP English teacher had us learn 10 new words a week….
The writer’s relationship with time
Yesterday, I came across a letter that Charles Dickens wrote to Maria Winter in 1855—a woman with whom Dickens…
On writing
If Maggie Stiefvater (a very famous and brilliant YA author) can reuse Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’ title on her…
On being a reader
One of my greatest assets is that I’m a reader. If that sounds anti-climactic you’re probably not one yourself….
Delete: A writer’s best friend
In May 2010, I was 10,000 words shy of completing a 40,000 word dissertation that would culminate in an…