In general a writer needs only one New Year’s resolution: Sit down and write on a regular schedule. Ah, were it that easy… Here are a few others. A lot are for short story writers, since most of us start out that way before moving on to novels. I WILL: Finish X number of short [...]
My alter ego is no Sasha Fierce, but sometimes I unleash my inner financial services analyst demon. Here is the latest, for your enjoyment: The subprime mortgage crisis — what Henry Blodget and Adam Gopnik get wrong More and more analysts are seeking to shift the blame to regular Americans for the woes brought down [...]
Caitlin Flanagan took on Twilight in the Atlantic in a recent issue, and I think got wrestled to a draw. As I’ve mentioned previously, I have a problematic relationship with Caitlin (yeah, when you get a phone call from a nationally known author, you get to call them by their first name) — I pretty [...]
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