Mixed Feelings About ‘Love Your Life’

What Sophie Kinsella’s 2020 novel can teach us about writing a romance or any love story. Spoilers included. I love … More

Guadalupe Nettel’s ‘Still Born’, a Book That Grips You by the Heartstrings

This novel, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, is centered around a baby that surprises everyone, including the reader. … More

131 British English Words That Can Be Confusing to American Speakers

Some of them look like American English words but mean something completely different. Examples include pissed, dishy, homely, jumper, mooch, … More

People Inspo: Nora Ephron’s Life as a Writer in Four Interviews, with a Few Lessons to Share

I‘ve recently read Nora Ephron’s The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2015) and the four interviews in this slim volume … More

What I Learned from the Band Storytellers

Sometimes arts grants come in the way of a good real business. Article originally published in Counter Arts on Medium … More

So many books, so much to do! Quote Mugs, T-shirts, Keychains, and More for Avid Readers

I was at a mall yesterday and entered there the Carturesti Bookstore, one of my favorites. Their store there is … More

Quiet Standing Desk Treadmills for Home Office

For a few years now, I’ve been dreaming of a slim treadmill that I could fit underneath my desk. Of … More

What I’ve Learned After Two Months on The Blogging Platform Medium

A while ago I wrote a post here about how I got started writing articles on Medium again, trying to … More

Tips for Getting Started on Medium as a Writer

After getting started on Medium in 2021 and then abandoning the project of writing there after only a few articles, … More

“Meaninglessness is a blank canvas”

Andrew, one of the writers on Wise & Shine, wrote a magnificent small post recently, titled “The Horizons of Meaning.” … More