A blogger took issue with “No Country for Young Men,” the headline for my profile of LB novelist David Hernandez. In a Sunday post, Mr. Nice Guy declares it “time to retire the cliche “there will be …” and “no country for …” constructs. they’ve both been done to death.”
I wrote him back, gingerly:
“As the [...]

National Novel Writing Month is here; no more excuses
Proust lined his bedroom with cork panels, muffling any outside noises that might distract him. Trollope got up at the crack of dawn, seven days a week, pounding out 2,500 words before starting his day job at the post office. Hemingway caroused all night and then let [...]