Author Insights: Writing Is a Lonely Endeavor, and Yet It’s Not By Jeffrey Pillow on October 17, 2018 — 4 mins read American novelist Ernest Hemingway offered up his take on the loneliness of the writing life when he said, “Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer, he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.” As a writer, the entire process of writing longform nonfiction and fiction is a very lonely one in which, most days and nights, it’s just you and your thoughts meandering about all by yourself. There’s no audience cheering you on, except maybe your dog at your feet (snoring). No Rob Schneider motivating you, saying, “You can do it!” More
This Is Water By Jeffrey Pillow on September 14, 2016 — 1 min read The late David Foster Wallace had a way of making you see the minute details of life as if you were wearing the eyes of an entirely different human being. In "This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life," Wallace delves into empathy, adjustment, and consciousness as it relates to the mundane ordinariness of everyday life—and how these tiny moments guide who we are and/or will become. More
