If You Meet a Buddha on the Road
The most truthful comment to be made on religion is that it’s not one thing.
Sex Ed & a Single Seminarian
How may we best tell stories about sex?
My Plot to Plunder Works of John le Carré
Bad poets imitate, good poets steal—there’s your abridged gem of an epigram by T. S. Eliot.
A Deep Dive into Survival
Rubber meets the road in thriller writing when a character’s development starts to force changes upon the plot.
Our Mysterious Ways to Motivate
One of the toughest jobs for a fiction writer is describing human motivation.
Can One Ride a Tsunami—or Write One?
Some events are so singular, they prove quite tough to use in a story.
