Most people associate bragging with bad manners—and for some bragging, they're not wrong. Yet there are polite ways to brag.
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People in developing countries are not less driven by consumerism and advancement than people in more developed countries.
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There's validity in the notion that talking about something gives it reality.
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There's incredible difficulty in ensuring a reader hates a character—but doesn't hate him so terribly much that he can't keep reading.
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The dominant pop psychology is that people should completely unplug from work when on vacation. I disagree.
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Are you musical or nonmusical? Do you prefer melodies or lyrics—or do you equally weight both?
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Is there a way to step out of the rat race without jumping into an entirely new world?
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After the first semester of the first year of college, I went home for the first time. And realized it wasn't home.
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I'd rather wrangle with a haywire self-checkout kiosk.
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Fiction writing regularly presents blank walls that you need to knock down—or decorate.
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Few of us bother to hone the art of empathy. We should.
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Each November, writers across the globe participate in a challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days on a new work of fiction.
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Why don't folks research their home purchases more?
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People believe that if something isn't on Facebook, it isn't real.
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Who should we blame (or credit) for our current ignorance of cooking basics?
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What is it about a starting line, race bib, and a crowd that makes me run faster more easily than I could on a regular day?
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In the genre of ridiculous questions, I submit two: "How are you?" and "What's new with you?"
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Not long ago, a friend confided that the only time she wishes she weren't single is when she's sick.
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