Muse on Monday – July 27, 2026

It seems like most of the writing I do these days is in emails, especially emails for work. That’s probably the case with many people. Work emails tend to be, unsurprisingly, most informational but an email is also just writing and can convey a story. There are lots of examples of stories written only through…

Muse on Monday – May 6, 2024

Have you ever read the book Dracula? That was the first story I ever read that was told completely through secondhand sources, like letters and diary entries. In some ways, this kind of writing can seem more distant since you are not there in the moment: you are reading what they wrote after the fact….