From Deadline to Depression
:: Coming out from under a crushing deadline doesn’t mean you’re going to be happy. It can mean the opposite.
Pretending I’m Not a Woman, on Betrayals Large and Small
:: I can laugh about it now, but I have never forgotten how it felt to have sent an email with the intent to make the world a better place, to have received praise in private, and then to have been humiliated in public.
On Anxiety, On Joy
:: We don’t get many opportunities to seize pure joy. And this was the purest.
The Public Writing Life: How to Lose an Editor in Five Days
:: There are, indeed, expected ways of communicating with editors of public venues that you can’t possibly know unless someone tells you—or you learn the hard way by making mistakes. You would probably prefer to avoid making those mistakes.
The Magicians: What Not To Do with Female Characters
:: I’m so tired of television shows and movies that can’t imagine women outside of basic tropes. That can’t imagine female friendships. That can’t imagine female experiences—including female pain—outside of a few certain experiences. There is so much life that women experience but we rarely see it on screen because women aren’t in writer’s rooms or behind the camera.
How to Write About Your Kids without Being Awful
:: You can choose to write nothing about your kids, which is a fine choice, or you can write about your kids with utter kindness, respect, and gratitude. And even then, you must be careful.
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