writing

  • I love writing conferences. There’s nothing better than being surrounded by hundreds of writers who get it, talking shop with the panelists, and realizing, for what feels like the twentieth time, you need to re-write your opening pages (not that that’s ever happened to me). I have a (loose) tradition of attending one every year…

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  • In an episode of the classic children’s tv cartoon Kim Possible the cast is transported into the world of various tv shows. Shego, a villain, lands in a high school sitcom where a character is complaining about the day being “moopy.” “Moopy? Did you just make that up?” Another character asks. The high schooler says,…

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