Monthly Archives: February 2005

When I was a young professor, freshly minted, I was talking to one of my colleagues at lunch. He had been both my professor and my advisor back during my undergraduate days. I was explaining to him about an article … Continue reading →

One of the less pleasant aspects of writing is getting rejected by a publisher. It is unavoidable, however, and one must develop a certain thickness of skin if one desires to ever be published. If one can’t stand the thought … Continue reading →

Someone, whose name I can’t remember just now, once wrote about being a writer. He–or she–said that one needs to be prepared to discard the first million words that one writes. Why? Because the first million words will be crap. … Continue reading →