Back on Valentine’s Day, I was going to write a love blog. But then I didn’t. Because I’m not constrained by made up holidays designed to sell humorless, earth-destroying greeting cards. I refuse to capitulate to the system in this way. No. I will write my love blog when I feel like it, and now, [...]

James Frey has done a bad thing, and the bad thing happens to involve a world I’ve very much a part of –the YA world. He’s gone into my old MFA program, along with several others, looking for young and hungry talent to write for him for pennies on the dollar.
Here, in a nutshell, is [...]

So, it appears that it has been about a month since I last blogged. It also appears that this is somewhat of a pattern. But there is a reason, my friends. I always have reasons.
I haven’t blogged much is that I’ve been busy writing. That’s the whole explanation.* It turns out there’s only so much [...]

Last Christmas Eve, I tried to answer as many questions as I could in a massive BLOG MARATHON that lasted all night. This year, in the countdown to Christmas, I am going to try to do something LIKE that. Throughout the day, I will post ANSWERS to your questions on a rolling basis. But let’s [...]

James asks: What is good job interview technique, and what should I do to make the right impression on a prospective employer?
I am glad you have come to me with this one, James. Perhaps you may think of me as a dashing author-about-town,* but I was not always gainfully employed as a writer. Like many [...]

This is a two-part blog, with a PRIZE at the end!
THE LIFE
Today, friends, I want to pause and reflect on something. This is the 24th day of Blog Every Day in April—an event that kicked off when I causally mentioned on Twitter that I thought it might be good to blog every day in April. [...]

This is not today’s REAL BEDA post. This is a BONUS post.
I’m about to board a plane to leave Las Vegas, but before I leave the city of sin, I make a bet with YOU, dear readers.
A few days ago, I made a stupid pledge to go to the New York Trapeze School if the [...]