One of my Christmas gifts is The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere, by Pico Iyer. From the back cover: “At some point, all...

Somehow in the chaos of Christmas, a series of furnace repairs culminating in a furnace replacement, and a cold that sucked my brain down...

Christmas is an odd mix of chaos and peacefulness ­– I like a little of each. We’re adding to the Christmas chaos by building a...

I had hoped to finish the first draft of my current story by Christmas. I’m within spitting distance – three chapters to go – but I’m not...

We had a lovely Christmas, alternating between chaotic, quiet and exhausted. Now we’re settling in to a clean house and a quiet week....

I love Christmas, but I don’t love all the distractions from writing. Here’s what Stephen King wrote about interruptions, in On...

The first round of editing comments for the sequel to The Nexus Ring has arrived! The story starts at Castle Mountain (see photo). I’m...