Like many people, I get both nostalgic and hopeful at the new year. I begin to think about travesties overcome, battles either won or lost, things I can improve upon, blessings I am grateful for.
In terms of this blog, and writing in general, I start to think–what the fuck have I been doing with my […]

As a general rule, I am not down with mommy blogging. Not that I have anything against the mommy bloggers per se; it’s just that I am very adamantly not one of them. For one thing, that sort of content only works if one is witty and hip: I am neither, and I don’t pretend […]

Advice that I receive from good editors is advice that I can apply to all my future writing; it isn’t germane only to this particular piece. Just as my piano teacher helped me fix my Bach problem by teaching me about fractions, my editor guides me by reminding me about focus

A blinking OPEN sign is just as bad as an article written in “stop motion” writing. Design should make my life easier. I should be able to get my donuts and read an article thanks to design, not despite it.

More than mere news reporting, good journalism is an opoprtunity to shape and relay history, to contextualize “news stories” via the real life stories of the people involved.