Dog is my coauthor
A typical early morning writing. Davis gets up on the couch, insists on being petted, and eventually settles down and goes back to sleep. It's very nice, even
The next phase of writing
This weekend I printed out a draft of the next book. It's just under 50,000 words, out of about 70,000. I've still got plenty to write, but I'm
A quick update, and more news soon
I realize I've posted very little in the last few weeks (though I've posted lots of labrador pictures), because I've been doing a lot on the next book.
Dogs with jobs
When I was on my travels, I met several dogs who were helping people I interviewed. There was this dog doing graphic design: Then there was this very
Using science in history: the case of spontaneous thinking
Within the discipline of history, the effort to use theories from the human and natural sciences-- e.g., psychology, psychoanalysis, biology, and other fields-- to explain historical change is
Book sales and “the slow death of the literary novel”
The New Statesman has a piece on "The slow death of the literary novel," and how lower advances and royalties are making it harder for authors to make a
“I devised a way of working like a bat out of hell, or anyway a bat out of the nursery:” Antonia Fraser on writing
Antonia Fraser writes in the The Guardian about her writing routine: I work with... total calm from about 9.30 until lunchtime. Ideally I then go out to a
Kazuo Ishiguro on “crash” and writing The Remains of the Day
One of the most popular parts of REST is the chapter on four-hour days, and how lots of writers, artists and others crafted their schedules around those few
Dealing with rejection is a writer’s most important professional skill
Well, maybe it's not more important than having something to say, a command of their language, and the ability to edit and improve, but still, the ability to
“make the best hours your own rather than those you sell to an employer”
Scottish author James Kelman tells the Guardian how he got his start, and how he writes: I’m at the desk most mornings between 5.30 and 7. Every day