It’s a bit more complicated than simply being frustrated by an interruption. So many times in my life, this has happened to me: I’m in bed, or on the couch, or in my comfy chair, or lying in a sunbeam; my reading glasses are on, and I have a book open in my lap. And,…

Once upon a time, I received a unique request at the bookstore. A couple came in and asked us at the front if we could point them toward the worst book we had. Not the best book; not our recommendation for a six-year-old boy who loves sports but is also frightened of any sized ball…

If you’re a writer, or even someone who took one creative writing class on a whim back in college, you’ve no doubt heard the question arise at some point: are you a plotter, or a pantser? Even within creative communities we’ve found the need to split ourselves into categories, and the way that writers write…