Archive - Creative License

A sneak preview of my novel-in-progress

Apr 21 •

Ode to a French painter who lived fast and died young

Apr 7 •

March 2024

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Nowhere

Being a humor columnist on lockdown

Mar 18 •

February 2024

Writing About the Elephant

Paul Kingsnorth and the impossible task at hand

Feb 21 •

Gen Z in the Crucible

The 2022 essay I wish I'd finished

Feb 10 •

Literary Fiction's 'Uptown Problem' Problem

A call for highbrow novels that get their hands dirty

Feb 3 •

January 2024

It's the Hard-Knock Life

When writers have to function like adults

Jan 26 •

December 2023

Published on Soaring Twenties • Dec 15, 2023

Undaunted Joy #83 Guest Maya Sinha

The Joy of Grocery Outlet

Published on Undaunted Joy • Dec 10, 2023

The Day the Wheel Fell Off

How my first car taught me a valuable lesson

Dec 1, 2023 •

November 2023

The Dark Comedy of Generational Trauma

Nov 17, 2023 •

Nov 3, 2023 •

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