When Bombast Meets Bombs

Trump’s Gaza Gambit and the World’s Collective Wince I’m watching Trump live on YouTube as I write this, and Christ, it’s like watching someone play Jenga with international law. The…

A Letter to the Younger Writer

Let’s imagine we’re sitting across from each other at a small café table. You’ve got a notebook half-full of half-started ideas, and you’re looking at me the way I once…

Dialogue That Breathes

A Writer’s Guide to Voices, Silences, and Subtext Dialogue falls apart fast when it sounds like writing. That’s when the reader starts skimming. The characters all talk the same. They…