My New Office Commute to Nowhere
How do you commute when there’s nowhere to go? How do you create some physical and psychic separation between home and work – and keep home a sanctuary — when […] ...Keep Reading »
Writer’s little helper
For the past nine years, I’ve had a secret writing helper. I’ve never spoken of it to anyone—not my closest writing buddies, not SciLance, not my sister—even though it has […] ...Keep Reading »
Survey: Got balance?
Lately, I’m not quite the athlete I used to be. Long gone are the organized running or rowing practices that seemed to slide seamlessly into my day. I know exactly […] ...Keep Reading »
Whoops! I got a real job
About two months ago, I started a new job. A REAL job. I know, I know, freelancing is a REAL job, but I mean a job at an OFFICE that […] ...Keep Reading »
Snapshot: Cabinet of Curiosities
Friend of SciLance Erik Vance wrote recently about a pet theory concerning the peculiar knickknacks that adorn people’s workplaces. I’m calling it Vance’s Theory of Office Doodadomancery or VaToODoo — […] ...Keep Reading »
Writing Lab: Mark Schrope, Florida
Mark Schrope (bio) reads in a hammock in his office and has a shelf of shrunken knickknacks from submersible dives. In the latest installment of SciLance Writing Labs, Mark explains […] ...Keep Reading »
Taming the feral freelancer
Two years ago, the Washington Post pulled me away from my “home office” (a desk crammed into my living room) after nearly seven years of freelancing. The opportunity to cover […] ...Keep Reading »
My dirty little Starbucks secret
Okay here it is. I’ll just have out with it. Almost every single word of the some 441,271 I’ve produced over the last ten years has been written inside Starbucks. […] ...Keep Reading »
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