I’m a terrible snob. I don’t care about what people wear. You can look as shabby as you want. I’m not going to judge you harshly.  I don’t care about the music people listen to. Classical or pop. Hip and cool or golden oldies. Whatever gets you tapping your toes is fine by me. I

I love to read. I guess that, being a writer myself, this isn’t something particularly surprising. I’m constantly amazed at the breadth of narratives around. So many different writing styles. So many different ways to tell a story. But one thing that I really admire is the ability of writers to really dig down deep,

Have you ever tried to play spot the writer?It’s not too hard. Wherever you are, whether walking through a crowd or sitting in a restaurant or cafe, take a look around and see if you can figure out which of the people you see are writers. At least that’s the easy part. The difficult part

I’m an extremely serious person.You may not believe me. If you know me well, I’m sure you won’t believe me. Aren’t I supposed to be a funny guy? Aren’t I constantly reeling off jokes and zingers and puns and other kinds of randomly absurd observations about the vagaries of life in general and writing in

Have you been following the latest J.K. Rowling business? How a book that was credited to a writer named Robert Galbraith (called I believe The Cuckoo’s Calling)  turned out to have been written by J.K. Rowling. What I find interesting is how all of a sudden, a book that wasn’t setting the world on fire