This one’s for the writers: the supreme joy of the perfect desk

I am now the proud owner of a new desk. Well, not new in the 'I just bought it' sense, but it's new to me. It's been around for a while: it's got its fair share of dents and scrapes on it, the drawers don't slide with anything close to ease, and it looks to …

The old, the bad, and the moderate: what gets written on the way to the good stuff

There is a reason why I keep every single thing I write. Whether it's on a little piece of scrap paper, in a notebook, or on my hard drive, I hang onto everything I write because it shows me where I've been as a writer, my progress, and it reminds me (in moments of frustration) …