This month, I embarked on my first-ever BOOK TOUR! It was terrifying and joyous and I’m here to tell you all about it. This is what I’ve learned. 1. Everyone has opinions on AI Since The Plus One is about a robotics engineer who builds her perfect boyfriend, the topic of robots was on everyone’s […]
Five Revelations from my First Book Tour Read More »
I’ve been told that Instagram is the place to be for writers. So a year ago, I buckled down and made an account. So far, the promises about Instagram’s book culture have proven true: I’ve gotten excellent reading recommendations from bookstagrammers, and seen enough drool-worthy photos of overstuffed bookstores and palatial private libraries to understand
I Suck at Instagram Read More »
I have a well-documented history of being severely behind the times. See Exhibit A, the leggings I wore in the 2000s (after they were popular in the 80s/early 90s and before their resurgence in the 2010s), or Exhibit B, my keyboard phone. In this spirit, I am bringing you my thoughts on the Spike Jonze
A Troglodyte Predicts: Thoughts on the future from someone stuck in the past Read More »
In the past few years, I’ve transitioned from jobs that kept me working in offices all day, and usually well into the night, to working full-time from home as a writer. Working from home can be wonderful (try sautéing a salmon for lunch in the breakroom at IBM), but it comes with all sorts of
Don’t Throw Out Your Pants: How to Work and Win from Home Read More »
I’m grateful that I grew up without the internet. It wasn’t a daily part of my life until I was in middle school, so for those first formative years, before Twitter reduced my attention span to the duration of a sneeze, I actually read books. I remember long Saturdays and summer Mondays spent digesting Roald
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Audiobook Read More »
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