How to build your own library with a tweet.

It bothers me that I don’t own my own private library that has a ladder with wheels. Whipping around on a ladder with wheels, possibly singing “Seize the Day” from Newsies, is one of my biggest dreams. Unfortunately, our public library gets all weird when you bring...

The writer’s cabin is a myth.

Every writer secretly believes in the writer’s cabin. In our heads we see a small isolated cabin in a quiet patch of woods. There’s a porch with a swing out front. We sit on that when we need a break from all the amazing words we’ve written inside....

Dear writers, don’t forget this.

If you’re a writer, there’s something simple you need to remember: Good books are hard to write. Bad books are a breeze. Writing a good book is a battle. You fight fear and laziness and doubt. Good books take vulnerability and courage and creativity to...