I have a picture of EB White hanging on the wall in my office. He is sitting at his writing desk, which is in a boathouse. White sits on a stark bench, hands poised over his typewriter. The only other items in the room are the ashtray on the table, and the waste can. To […]
All writers want someone to read what we write. We may not admit this openly, we may dress up our explanations of why we write in more noble sounding language, but the bottom line is: we want to be read. In this post, I’ll give you five simple ways you can get more people to […]
Stephen King. He is the Charles Dickens of this century. People either love him or hate him. My churchgoing friends are often shocked to learn that I read his work, and admire it. Stephen King is a writing and marketing machine, having accomplished the unusual feat of being successful as a craftsman, and as an […]
Maybe you’ve noticed it. You can hardly open your in-box or get on Facebook without being bombarded with ads about how to “make a million dollars” in a ridiculously short time from home. Working part-time. In your pajamas. Here’s the big problem with those ads: in many cases, they’re true!