As the old Chinese curse has finally become a part of our every day lives, we now live in interesting times. Living in a country that has not been in an official war in many decades, it is somewhat ironic that we are now living through a number of...

A friend of mine and I were discussing revolution the other day, and an interesting comment was made of how "well, that sort of thing can't happen here", and it got me wondering how many people actually think that. And it then got me to start thinking...

New York Times article As a writer, one of the things that constantly rings out to me is awkward dialogue moments, because I find those to be the most interesting to write. When I read this article, all I could think about was awkward dialogue. Not...

Publisher's Weekly announced its 2009 list of best books. Here they are: Cheever: A Life Blake Bailey (Knopf) Await Your Reply Dan Chaon (Ballantine) A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon Neil Sheehan (Random...

Writing a novel in 30 days is an interesting experience, and I'm only on the third day (only having written for two days now), and I'm at 5900 words of my 50,000 word goal (over ten percent). My new novel is something completely different for me, as...