Why This Love Story Was So Hard to Write
In writing the story of how Jill and I bought a wrecked frat house and tried to bring it back...
14 February, 2012
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The Myth of the Tech-Savvy Student
When I began teaching a course called "Writing for the Web" three years ago, I pictured myself scrambling to keep...
10 December, 2011
Why Writers Run Away (now and then)
Right now, for two weeks, I'm staying at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, an artists' colony. If you're...
06 June, 2011
How to Sell a Book in America, Part VI: your road kit
Although I love to travel, I don't totally have my travel act together. For example, I always overpack and yet...
19 May, 2011
Searching for Jonathan
I've been looking for Jonathan for 15 years. The last I heard, he'd run off to China to find...
31 December, 2010
Why Writing?
I just returned from the amazing annual conference of AWP (the Association of Writers and Writing Programs), which must...
13 April, 2010
Alex Chilton and “The Letter”
Last week, rock singer/guitarist/band leader Alex Chilton died of a heart attack. Not unusual for a 59-year-old these days. If...
25 March, 2010