In 1965, well before we all became wired in every sense of the word, Time magazine made breathless predictions about what we could expect thanks to burgeoning technology. At the time, there were around 100 computers in the entire U.S., the smallest of which…
As I’ve said before, my day job is at a middle school. I have a low threshold of boredom, and in this job it’s not a problem. If you are a writer who is feeling bereft of material, I suggest you…
slate.com It’s a Friday afternoon and I’m sitting in my office at the middle school. Across from me sits a mutinous sixth-grade girl who has all she can do to keep from interrupting me. I explain to her, once again,…
At the moment I’m awash in projects, all in some insistent stage of becoming: the novel that needs one more pass before I start querying agents; the collection of short stories I’m prepping to publish as an e-book this winter; the middle-grade chapter…
As noted in earlier posts, from time to time I step in for teachers in our local district who have to be absent. Sometimes I’m at the high school, but more often I find myself at the middle school. Acquaintances…