The Antilibrary
All those books you own that you haven’t read yet? They constitute your antilibrary.
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Structuring Your Memoir
Sometimes you have to change your perspective to figure out how to improve your writing.
Shaping a Book
Writing a book is hard work, especially finding the right structure for it.
This Week’s Readings
This week I read two extremely different books. Both gave me something to think about in terms of privilege and writing. This week I read … Read more
The Right Mindset for the Right Book
Marie Kondo advocates cutting your book collection to 30. I discuss why that won’t work for people like me.
NaNoWriMo is Hard
Writing every day is a great way to get words on the page that you can fine tune later. Since November 1 I’ve been participating … Read more
On Reading a Book Twice
Reading a book twice can seem like an unaffordable luxury given all the books out there waiting to be read. But it’s helpful in seeing the big picture – the forest for the trees.
Mental Health Break: Photography and Reading
The past two weeks have been pretty bad in terms of mental health. I’ve decided to cut down my Twitter and Facebook time even more. … Read more
Writing a Book
I’ve always wanted to write a book (or two, or three). But it always seemed as though there was some alchemy involved, some incantation that … Read more
Being a Book Addict (aka Bibliophile)
I am a book addict. There, I said it. Luckily being a book addict doesn’t have too many negative connotations. Except when it comes to … Read more
