You people are so sweet and thoughtful. After my last post, about the struggles of writing, I got a stream of supportive comments. “You can do it, John!” said one friend. Added another, “How can I help?” And a third: “You’re feeling disconnected from the Muse. Go for...
I’m in that place again. Knee-deep, waist-deep, neck-deep in the writing process, working on the manuscript for a new book, smack dab in the hardest part — the part where it feels like there’s nothing there, and like nothing will ever be there, that it’s a big gaping...
Have you encountered those online articles that people write in foreign languages and then put through a translation filter? They’re pretty hilarious. For example. In the one I excerpt below, the writer mentioned my name … sort of. Ready for this chain of logic?...
Two years ago today, I did one of the smartest things I’ve ever done in my life: I married Ana. You’ve heard the cliché — the one about how good it is when the person you’re in love with is also your best friend? Turns out, in addition to being a cliché, it’s also...
I’ve been thinking lately about Mick Jagger and the Book of Daniel. There’s this riveting scene at the opulent temple of Balshsazzar on the eve of the Babylonians’ ruin (of course they don’t know it’s the eve of their ruin, at least not yet), where this disembodied...
