Monthly Archives: August 2026

“There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.”H.L. Mencken “My task, which I am trying to achieve, is, by the power of thewritten word to make you hear, to make you feel — it is before all,to make … Continue reading →

« Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost. »Henry James, from his essay The Art of Fiction. Habit blinds us all: We fall into familiar byways without even noticing that it happens and begin to look at … Continue reading →

“Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to thestudy of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer,however happy, however tragic, is ever wasted.” P. D. James P. D. James is known as the “Queen of Crime,” yet she’s widely … Continue reading →

Bing Chang, a cherished KWD reader, shared this lovely reflection on on character in a comment and I wanted to share it with you: « We often speak of “character” or “human nature” as though they were well-defined concepts. Yet perhaps … Continue reading →