Author Archives: Theodora Goss

(If you’re male and reading this, substitute hero for heroine and vice versa. I’m writing about being a heroine because I’m female, and I’m thinking about this blog post in terms of myself. But really, what I’m going to write … Continue reading →

The title of today’s post comes from a line in a blog post by Justine Musk called “How to Be a Genius (Or Just Look Like One)“: “Style is the story you tell about yourself to the world.” In it, … Continue reading →

I found this quotation on Jonathan Carroll’s blog: “I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its … Continue reading →

I’ve started writing poetry again. It’s a struggle. I’m not sure why it’s such a struggle for me now. I think it’s partly because I’ve been writing so many other things, and somehow I’ve lost the rhythm. There was a … Continue reading →

I was so sad to hear that Anne McCaffrey had died. I first read the news on GalleyCat, a blog about the publishing industry. Here is the obituary. The obituary reprints this advice from her blog: “First – keep reading. … Continue reading →

I’ve been sad today. Several years ago, a friend of mine introduced me to an aspiring writer. I heard, afterward, that he’d had a play produced. Every once in a while, my friend would tell me that the writer was … Continue reading →

Today, I read an article titled “The Unleashed Mind: Why Creative People are Eccentric.” I’ve linked to a preview of it on Scientific American. Here is the abstract: “People who are highly creative often have odd thoughts and behaviors – … Continue reading →