Not everyone likes change, but this one is for the better. Why the little-known stories about well-known stuff you enjoy are moving from print to podcast.
Writing
4 I probably should have kept it to myself, but while working on this week's humorous essay I came up with one of those ideas that practically writes itself.
Who Wrote This?
4 David Rees's book, “How to Sharpen Pencils,” performs a public service by restoring lost luster to a writing instrument that has as much positive connotation as a gypsy curse.
Making A Point
4 Our lives are permanently in transit according to the Comma Queen, Mary Norris. “We don’t put in the work to choose words because our words feel transitory.”
Lessons From A Comma Queen
4 Many a time I’ve thought about getting out of writing to follow the calling of the late Billy Graham and becoming a Fuller Brush man. But then I was saved by science.
Writers Curse
4 “Why, just today I threw a young lady out of the office four times for four different books. The one she wrote before breakfast, the one she wrote after I threw her out the first time, the one she wrote after I threw her out the second time and the one she just finished."