In those hazy moments between heavy sleep and clear wakefulness, on a morning when I woke without an alarm in a room at once unfamiliar and like every other hotel room I’ve ever slept in, the sentence uttered itself in my mind as sharply as early sunlight through a window: Dan Foylton is flat. Where …
Recently I’ve been feeling rather scattered, not as whole as I do at other times, parts of me—parts of my self—blown here and there without a lot of coherence. So I breathed a small sigh of relief when I read the recent Psychology Today piece “Is Your Brain Like an iPhone?” by Robert Kurzban, author …
You know how, every once in awhile, you need some inspiration for your creativity? I’ve been in one of those places recently. Fortunately, there are a lot of creative folks out there who have inspiration to spare. Check these out: 1. Felicia Day Joss Whedon fans will enjoy Douglas Eby’s piece on Felicia Day (Buffy …
What should I write about? A Writing Exercise Inspired by The Anthologist [Don’t forget to leave a comment here for a chance to win copies of free books!] In The Anthologist, a quirky, gem of a novel by Nicholson Baker, the narrator—a poet who is struggling to write the introduction to a new poetry …
Happy Friday, everyone! Today I’m going to do some writing this morning, followed by a stop at Milwaukee’s Bastille Days with my son, then toilet shopping to replace our pre-WWII toilet that finally sprung a leak (we’re consider this one), and, in the evening, a reception where I work, at MSOE’s beautiful rooftop sculpture garden, …