In addition to writing blog posts, I'm crossposting my comic book column here from its original home. You can read the originals at sensiblereason.com. And yes, I am a verified writer! Check out my Twitter

...to buy local and secondhand for your costume! Every year, I’m mildly surprised by all the last-minute Halloween shoppers. I’m not saying I’ve never been one before, but most years I’m way too excited

NaNoWriMo is fast approaching, so in the spirit of the season I'm reposting my story about the first time I tried writing a novel in one month. You can read the original post at sensiblereason.com. And

In addition to writing blog posts, I'm crossposting my comic book column here from its original home. You can read the originals at sensiblereason.com. And yes, I am a verified writer! Check out my Twitter

you should be borrowing my books sleeping next to me in your bed or in mine coming to my house walking in and out leaving here your clothes looking over my shoulder reading what I write. you should be

In case you hadn’t heard (you probably have, but news items tend to get buried under the political foolishness coming out of America these days), Bob Dylan is this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in

In addition to writing blog posts, I'm crossposting my comic book column here from its original home. You can read the originals at sensiblereason.com. And yes, I am a verified writer! Check out my Twitter

It’s fall, which means people across the land (of America, at least) either celebrating or lamenting the popularity of Ugg boots, black leggings, Northface jackets, and things flavored with bland imitations

Blogging is great. It's also time-consuming! So in the interest of consistently providing you with interesting things to read, I'm going to start crossposting my comic book column here, as well as writing

The only important thing to know about me is that I am a writer. I'm actually a very good writer. Don’t think of me as too vain, though. I suck at everything else. Like most good writers early in their

If I fall in love one more goddamn time If I am not dreaming If another slow day slips into starlight while I sit still and watch If one more beautiful creature crosses my path, and allows me to touch

And yes, he is a real person. There is a common conception of the muse as a romantic figure. “My wife is my muse,” for example, is a popular kind of statement for artists who have found romantic stability.

I am part of the Myspace generation, a social media site so short-lived that the fact it has any relevance to me at all should make it fairly easy to pin down my age. With a few minor calculations, anyway.

Earlier this summer, I got an unexpected phone call from a friend who lives out of town. “Hey,” I said. “What are you up to?” “Well, I’m in Seattle,” she replied. “And I just got fired.” That night, we