Before Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, if you wanted to watch, say, The Mary Tyler Moore Show or Ally McBeal, you had to park yourself in your Barcalounger at a specific time on a specific night of the week. Or hope to catch reruns (yes, those were a thing) over the summer. Continue reading “The Online class I want to take is scheduled for Tuesdays, but I’m never free on Tuesday. Can I still take the class?”
So, in a few weeks, I’m giving a talk called Recipes for Disaster: The Art of the Disaster Narrative at the Hippocamp literary conference, which means lately I’ve been reading tons of stories about hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods. Continue reading “Truth or Myth?”
It’s the great fantasy for writers: the freedom to write full time.
You’re well-established or wealthy enough so you can write for as long as you like without worrying about supervising the kids or cleaning the house or working at a regular job. You have a clean slate of a day allowing you to just…create. Continue reading “If Only I Had the Time…”