A Column

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I keep forgetting to put in links to my Philadelphia Stories column. Here is one from the last issue called "How to Become a Writer, Birth through 7th Grade." I need to write Part II today--I guess that's high school through mid-twenties? It's nice to have this regular writing deadline. I really should have more. It keeps me honest.

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