On Getting Lost

It may come as a surprise to some, but I’m human. I have desires, and feelings, and a brain that seems to work 25/7 don’t ask me how (okay, fine…you know how when you’ve hit the snooze button for five minutes, and your brain still manages to sneak in what feels like an entire night’s …

The Art of Writing

The fact that bad writing can sometimes make a lot of money used to offend me. “What!” my 17-year-old self once cried in outrage. “I could write better garbage than this! Where’s *my* mansion and limo and things?” And then I would hear about great writers who die penniless and I would be filled with …

On Flow

I absolutely love reading novels when the writer has an idea of flow and rhythm in their work. I’m not big on flowery words or descriptions myself, but flow–ah, if a writer can make his or her prose sound like poetry, I’m sold.