Considering that I'm from a town of about 5,000 people, I would starve if I had to stick to the "write what you know" ethos.

Or do their own version! This Midwestern guy is by no means claiming that his book on Dr. J and Moses is a definitive text.

Man, I would love to tackle Pittsburgh, but I don't have a good angle into there. I'm circling a few things in Milwaukee and Detroit now.

When I told the guy that my first book was set in Cleveland, a city that I also wasn't from, he told me that I shouldn't have written about Cleveland either. Real principled dude, it seems.

I had someone recently tell me that non-natives of Philadelphia should not be writing about Philadelphia, and out of all the cliches that have penetrated mass culture from MFA programs, "write what you know" is the most toxic, especially for nonfiction writers.

On week three of daily Easter egg hunts and I’m considering making the hiding spots impossibly difficult.

No one is blocking you, gnocchi dokey.

When I first came up with the idea for "Moses and the Doctor," my hope was that by the time I finished, the Embiid-led Sixers would be peaking as a championship contender. Well, you know what they say about best-laid plans and mice and men....

The kicker is what makes the review. Love it.

Good advice, Raised by Voles. Good advice.

They Got Game In the last 58 years, the Philadelphia 76ers have won exactly one NBA Championship. That was in 1983, when two forces of nature—center Moses Malone and small forward Julius Erving—converged, finally d...

Every writer imagines that dream review when their book comes out. I just got mine for "Moses and the Doctor." Thanks, Washington Free Beacon. freebeacon.com/culture/they...

Maybe next year when I turn 49 I’ll understand that saw, Raised by Voles

Anyone under 49 is too young to remember that saw, Raised by Voles

I am, Raised by Voles. I’m actually 55 years old, but I wanted to seem younger.

You sure you’re OK, Ben?

You don’t say, Baggins1420?

Good point, Winston.

Thanks, Bill Cole.

A very Bluesky bunch of replies, I guess.

You OK, Ben?

Give it time.

Much of Bluesky disagrees...

Lesson learned.

I overestimated Bluesky. I thought that they'd understand what the subtext of the caption. Oops.

Seems that way, morgli99.

Isn't it, Auntie Em?

Another good clarification, Philip Hallam-Baker.

Maybe, Bruce Wilson, you could bask in picking up sarcasm to save yourself time? Just a thought.

You’re such a great person, Bruce Wilson.

Thanks for that clarification, Philip Hallam-Baker.