There’s a lot of work that goes on around writing that doesn’t require nearly as much concentration as actually writing. Here’s my list.
reading
Diving Back Into 142 Ostriches
I finished writing 142 Ostriches in 2017. It’s taken 2.5 years to find an agent, then a publisher, then do rounds of edits, then more rounds of edits.
Follow The Enthusiasm
The more I think about this little nugget of advice, the more it resonates with me: follow the enthusiasm.
How I Read As Much As I Do
I was reflecting last night on how the shift from 10 to 60 happened. I’m not a terribly fast reader. It comes down to 5 things.
Rules of the World
I went to a reading in November at Skylight Books to hear Wayétu Moore discuss her recent debut novel She Would Be King. Without giving too much away, it’s a […]
The Best Books I Read In 2018
I read about 65 books this year. Of those, nine works of fiction stand out in my mind as being particularly great reads. These are the books that stayed with […]
Amy Meyerson and “The Bookshop of Yesterdays”
Yesterday was the official launch day of my friend Amy Meyerson’s debut novel “The Bookshop of Yesterdays.” Today we get to pick her brain a little…