Thanks to the prominence of pronouns and the depth of Baron's work, a Tour of the History of Nonbinary Pronouns is probably going to be the language book of the year.  Continue reading...

The famed copy editor's personal memoir is a joy to read and an inspiration to anyone who has toyed with the idea, but not yet taken the plunge, of learning a second language.  Continue reading...

What surprised me the most about Keith Richard's autobiography, Life, were his sophisticated thoughts about writing. Here are five writing lessons you, too, can learn from a Rolling Stone.  Continue reading...

Building any new habit can be challenging, but these ten steps will dramatically increase your chances of succeeding at creating a writing habit.  Continue reading...

Even if you enjoy being alone, the exquisite loneliness of writing can still be tough. Here are five ways to deal with that.  Continue reading...

The job of writing keeps us feeling guilty for either writing too much or not writing enough. Here are three specific ways to manage writing and guilt so that the pleasure of the first can overwhelm the need for the second.  Continue reading...