I recently wrote about writers writing about writers. In an earlier draft of the entry, I mentioned a guy in several college classes I was in. He never actually wrote anything (as much as any of us could tell), but he talked about writing a lot. He rolled his own cigarettes, carried around a copy […]

I sometimes feel like I begin too many entries, here, with, “So I was listening to Jess Walter and Sherman Alexie on the Tiny Sense of Accomplishment podcast…” But it’s that good! In the most recent episode, Sherman and Jess talk about writers and lying. Some quotes from that section: I make stuff up at […]

I saw someone on a podcast community I frequent talk about what they do in their “real job.” It’s a term I’ve heard used frequently: I really love sculpting, but my real job is software development… There’s nothing I’d rather do in life than paint, but my real job is working as an admin… I […]

I had a list of things I planned to do this past weekend. It wasn’t a list written on a piece of paper or captured by an app to remind me to do these things at a specific time. It’s the list of things I do every weekend: I planned to write and record podcasts. […]

I have a friend who hates magicians. He feels they mock the audience in an act of, “I know something you don’t know!” (There are many people who feel this way about magicians.) Me, on the other hand…I like good magic. I don’t mind that the person on stage knows truths I don’t know. When […]

Last night, I did something for the first time in what feels like years… I started a new short story. I’m not sure if it’s actually been years, or only feels that way. In recent years, my focus has been on novels and podcasts. Outside of Megan Mayhew Bergman and Dan Chaon, I’m not sure […]