This Writer’s Life

Friends, we’re taking a brief respite from the Thesis Insanity to  drop a quiz today. The insanity–though perpetually all-consuming for  me–will return for you on Thursday. Know this. Secondary characters are like … Read more

I had my meeting with my advisor yesterday, the big two hour kind of  meeting where we went over my novel with fine-toothed combing  mechanism, and I can report, confidently, that I … Read more

Friends, I’m not exactly well. I’m reaching the critical thesis crunch time and I am NOT in good  shape. My advisor, having read a second draft of the ms, has informed  me … Read more

There will be better and more coherent posts regarding the series  finale of the Wire, but I just wanted to offer my final  recommendation/plea as a writer. “The Wire”–for those who haven’t … Read more

In keeping up with my theme of the week of reading something then writing about it, the New York Times (I still read the Times!) just published an article about an upcoming … Read more

There is an article today in the NYT (fyi: I read the Times!) called “I Need a Virtual Break. No, really” in which the author discusses how he forcefully worked some peace … Read more

Things seemed so easy. Just zip through the ending that I’d already  mapped out, nail a few scenes, drop some exclamation points, throw in  some gratuitous nudity and I’d be finished. Or … Read more

I’m not good at saying goodbye. Although to be fair I probably don’t know anyone who would say that their talents lie primarily in goodbyes, I just mean I dislike leaving things. … Read more

Did you know that San Francisco has hills? I mean, I’ve watched a significant portion of the fifth season of Full House so I thought I knew what I was getting myself … Read more

Yesterday, during dinner with my father, I had a breakthrough. “Holy  (swear word),” I said, during one of our long stretches of silence.  “That’s how I should do it!”“Are you drunk,” my … Read more