Today at Gotham, we had a lengthy morning discussion about sneezes, and how different people, and different cultures, handle sneezing. Generally, people say “bless you,” as you probably know, but in places like Japan, there isn’t a lot of blessing going around post-sneeze. It’s a cultural thing. Continue reading “How to handle, or not handle, a sneeze”
Announcing the Gotham Blog
If you’re reading this, you probably know that Gotham is continually handing out pearls of lustrous information for writers like you. Not to the cheap “content” everyone else is shoving in your face.
Well, Gotham has a blog now, where we’ll be posting much of this information.
The main features of the blog:
Letters from Alex – My letters, the ones from this newsletter, will be collected there, one a month. Mostly I give insights on writing, but I throw in other musings as well. For years, people have been asking for this. (Okay, my wife and maybe one other person.) Continue reading “Announcing the Gotham Blog”
I want to write. Where’s the best place to start?
In my experience, people LOVE hard and fast answers.
Do this.
Start here.
That won’t work; this will.
Continue reading “I want to write. Where’s the best place to start?”