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The Perfect-World Writing Room
Distractions. They’re a writer’s worst enemy — they’re this writer’s worst enemy, at any rate. In a perfect word, my writing room would be absolutely quiet with little internet connection.That way, I’m...
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Stretch
For the last several years, I’ve worked an assignment that has stretched me as a writer as much as anything has in a long, long time. I’ve never sat down with the intentions of putting a fictional...
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The Unfastened Safety Harness
Working on my most recent book, Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program (University of Nebraska Press 2013), changed my life forever. The date was June 22, 2010, and...
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Cover Stories
Today is a big day. I received an e-mail this morning from the head of marketing at the University of Nebraska Press … and attached was what should be the final version of the cover for my next book,...
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Rock Bottom
Who we are as writers is a direct result of who we are deep, deep down inside as people. Of course, a lot goes into making us who we are. For me, it’s the entirety of those life experiences that cause...
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