It takes reps to get better. Those hours on the court, in the shed, and on the water translate to improvement.
Signs of the Times is a collection of writing exercises. For 100 days, I took the (digital) front page every morning and wrote a short story.
The project yielded some interesting stories with different perspectives.
All fictional. All very real.
Start with the three stories below.
Yes, there’s more.↓

But You Can Never Leave
We are surrounded. There’s no way out. The men on loudspeakers shout for us to leave.

POV: You Work at NYT
Half of what you write is never read. Half of that is never seen. Half of that is never published. Almost all of it doesn’t matter.

Fly on the Loser’s Wall
Sitting in the loser’s room, I noticed an intoxicating attitude sweep through…