Why do you write?

Why do you write?

As a creative person and one who’s plagued by existential questions, I get trapped into that circle of thinking if what I’m doing matters. Am I just wasting my time and energy torturing nice people with my substandard prose? I work with writers and for...
Why writers are sociopaths

Why writers are sociopaths

One of my favorite books about art is Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham. It’s an amazing novel that will resonate with writers on multiple levels. My copy is dog-eared and slathered in orange highlighter. There were so many “Yes!” moments for me in the...