If you’ve been wondering where I am–not that it’s always about me–I’ve been hunkered down with a big novel. But I’m surprised to note...

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I’m tilting at windmills here. I’m against chapters. I know you love ’em. Thus the tilting. Eventually we’ve got to make up tidy little...

I read the other day that comic books may someday outsell traditional stories. I got worried. Man, I can’t draw! (Comic books are no...

Think of your favorite characters from recent books and film. Were they self-effacing and dependable? Did they wear beige and hate to...

I’m going to tell you something that you don’t want to hear. I know you don’t because I don’t want to hear it either. But here goes. Stop...