Great writing has to come from a real place, and it must be dredged from the depths of the emotional well. This daily practice, adapted from a Hemingway quote, helps hone that skill.

If you suck, you make everyone else suck, too. You also have a responsibility to the people you care about to be better and to always be getting better.

A (mostly) comprehensive look at my struggle with depression and suicide.

The ramblings of a former New Yorker about the former New York, and the new one.

If there’s one tip I can give you that will help immediately, it’s this: use fewer exclamation points.