Itching to write? Here's THE guidebook
I just pulled out my version of Janet Burroway's, Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft. Decades into my career, eight years after...
Lolita, astonishing
How did I think Vladimir Nabokov devoted 300 pages to just an old man craving a 12-year-old girl? I'm 130 pages into Lolita and no...
NYC gets to work
1 a.m. Thursday night. Bike ride home, 8th Ave in Hell's Kitchen. I need to explore the city more on weeknights. It comes alive in...
When a shooting strikes
We had two horrible shootings yesterday. I can't believe there are people who believe that's a good solution — especially to a political...
A year after Pulse shooting, same questions (Vanity Fair)
Vanity Fair just surprised me with this tweet:
A year after the Pulse shooting in Orlando, V.F. contributor @DaveCullen's questions sti
Vacation! Needed that.
I'm on a very brief vacation in "Michigan."* Definitely needed that. It's just 3 days, but it's a start. * (We're at a lake by that name,...
Where were you the night John Lennon died?
when the news broke that John Lennon had been shot outside his New York residence and was pronounced dead on arrival at Roosevelt Hospital.
Columbine Teacher's Guide gets new look
More and more schools are using Columbine, but I don't think most teachers know the guide exists, or that we've made it free online.
Lolita! 3rd time's the charm
"I then had the fantastic pleasure of creeping through that pitch-dark tunnel, where I lingered a little to listen to the singing in my
A week back in Colorado—Man, I needed that
It was great to see old friends, do some business, see some Columbine survivors and write! It's really good for my writing. Got my momen
