The Soundtrack of the Endless Sandbox
My writing has hit a crossroads.
On What You Must Become
Some meandering thoughts on, among other things, Joseph Campbell and liver spots.
Grammar Idol
Who will be the next Grammar Idol?
This is Heaven
Van pens an ode to French and Turkish.
This is Hell
Van versus Icelandic and Russian phonology.
Project Guernica, Where are You?
Just a few notes on what it means to write a new book when the ghost of your old one lingers at the door.
God Make Me Big in Scandinavia
“I put my soul in what I do.” Fever Ray.
Query Quest
Querying stage: Hopeful.
Ana’s Tale
“[Winter] is the time of plans and projects.”
Hope is Wounded Optimism
“I hope you stay, American baby.” Dave Matthews Band
After the Readathon
On poetry and the soul.
Before the Readathon: Birthday Edition
In honor of sixty years.
109,688
An odyssey.
My Box
Planning may not be writing, but it still comes in a cool box.
But I Always Stand Up
Meditations, contemplations, and all the language in the world.
Travel Bug
“Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then it turns you into a storyteller.” — Ibn Battuta
Spanglish Now
Or, How to Embrace Being a Latina Writer
Worldbuilding for Tea Drinkers
That magic system really pulled the room together, man.
On the Merits of Confusion
What are the complex emotions that go into reading?
Query Quest
What I’ve learned from a month of querying.
