Wrap Up: Red Velvet Cake Edition

Do I ever need a reason to post a picture of a gigantic slice of four-layer red velvet cake? No. Moving on...

Here are this week's posts!

Author Erin Bowman talks about outlining and compares her own writing to driving along in the dark with the headlights on high-beam (seconded)

The Writer's Lament! (and the agent's response)

David Sedaris' new book, the awesomely-titled Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls is out this week! He sat down with Esquire to talk about his new book  

The daily rituals of some of the world's best thinkers

A simple trick to make your characters more interesting

The former economics reporter in me knows it's first quarter earnings season! If you had to write a 1Q writing earnings report, how'd you do?

This story gave me a stomachache for the rest of the day: why you should back up your writing

One more thing.

Have a great weekend, everyone!