Write, Publish, Thrive! A Blog about Writing, Publishing and the Scholarly Life

Typically, people contact me about writing. They are stuck, have writer's block, feel anxiety about writing, beat themselves up for not...

Sometimes, it does not feel fair. That is not to say my life is perfect--it is not, far from it. I have plenty of grief and loss, and plenty...

You don't stop dancing because you get old. You get old because you stop dancing. Maybe it was Shaw. Maybe it wasn't. Doesn't ma...

I have written about writing rituals many times over the past decade — in short reflections, longer explorations, and passing observations...

I have been to Mexico City in every decade of my life except one. I intend to fix that, and then keep going. Tongue tacos and extra viejo ...

Five Questions This Dialogue Left Open Generated by Claude, Anthropic's AI system, in conversation with Rich — as a continuation of th...

  Generated by Claude On Voice, AI, and the Ethics of the Scaffold: A Dialogue The following is an edited transcript of a conversation betwe...