My Big Fat Copyright Infringement Adventure

Last August I got an email from a major textbook publisher asking for permission to reprint my story "The Mailbox" in a college textbook called Changes and Choices. This was a custom textbook with a short print run. According to the instructor/editor, students who took the course would be "better prepared for the world of work and …

Lucky 2013: A Resolution for Writing

I generally don't do resolutions. Mostly because my success rate would be, let's be honest, fairly low, and then it becomes something to feel guilty about and what a way to start out a new year, with a feeling of failure. With that in mind, I'm reluctant to label any newly turned over leaves as …