I think I fetishize the virtue of not giving up. I’m not alone, of course. I didn’t come up with this idea that, no matter how sick I feel, there is something weak about not going to the gym on what’s supposed to be legs day. Or, for that matter,…
I tried some new things this year. Here is how they’ve gone so far.
Hello, and welcome to this week’s column of “Ask the Writing Gods.” As usual, we, the deities in charge of writing, revising, inspiration, ideas, and all things authorial, will answer callers’ questions about their works-in-progress and — oh god, not you again. ME: Hi!
When the animated film Home (Dreamworks, 2015) first came out, I was excited to see it. I’d enjoyed the book on which it’s based, Adam Rex’s The True Meaning of Smekday (2007).* Although I missed its initial run in theatres, I was pleased to discover Netflix had acquired the streaming…