Reader, I did it. As planned, I completed the third draft of my (long-ass, megalomaniac) novel. I took out a character. I worked on...

Finish the damn thing. Observant readers will remember that that's my objective for the last quarter of this year. A lofty ideal! And...

Virgina Woolf was right: having a room of one's own is essential for writers. Now I'm lucky enough to have a big ole attic in my home,...