Every Corny Thing That's Said About Living

I Teach A Non-fiction Writing Class At New York University, And One Of My Great Pleasures Is Deciding On The Syllabus.

Parents, It Seems, Have An Almost Olympian Persistence When It Comes To Suggesting More Secure And Lucrative Lines Of Work For Their Children Who Have The Notion That Writing Is An Actual Profession. I Say This From Experience.

Writing About Someone Well Known Removes That Obligation Of Defending It As A Subject, But It Also Means That Some Of The Surprise And Freshness Is Already Gone. It's So Different - In Some Ways Much Harder For Me.

The Iphone Calendar Isn't Bad, But It Isn't Great, Either. It Only Offers A Day View And A Month View - It Doesn't Have A Week View, Which Drives Me Crazy.

I Am Dismayed To Realize That Much Of The Advice I Used To Parcel Out To Aspiring Writers Has Passed Its Sell-by Date.