trauma
Flight or flight?
Why does every hobby I have end up feeling like an escape route?
criticism
You are not smarter than the art you critique
Here's my best advice for young critics: Don't presume you know better.
romance novels
Happily ever after
Or: What do we consider happiness, outside of falling in love?
newsletter
What's up for Episodes in 2022
We're switching some things up
best of 2021
11 rad things I wrote in 2021
In a really cruddy year, I still wrote some things I was proud of
comedy
The 1970s sitcom divide that still secretly rules American TV comedy
Though less and less of it with every year
announcement
The yips
I'm taking a (short) break (just from the Monday newsletter)
monday mailbag
Monday mailbag! (July 2021 edition)
What shows should have been Emmy-nominated this year? And which monster should Emily marry?
writing
On jealousy
I'm not jealous of other writers' opportunities. I'm jealous of all the time they have that I wasted not being myself.
writing
My best tip for overcoming writers block
Especially if you're on a deadline
The loop
Or: things I learned from reviewing TV at The A.V. Club
The best advice I've ever gotten for writing fiction
Why and when to think about your story from a new perspective