Everyone needs something to keep them sane while living under lockdown. For me, it’s been a combination of two things: writing and running. In truth, these h...

Greetings to everyone out there in the midst of social distancing and self-isolation! In some respects, I will admit that my life has remained fairly the sam...

Why should I be so disappointed to find out that my marathon was cancelled? I mean, it’s definitely a letdown, but now that I’ve had a day or two to reflect,...

Red sky in the morning, runner’s warning. Okay, that’s not exactly the expression. But a red sky in the morning is just as ominous to runners as it is to sai...

There's a part in my book The Purple Bird, fairly early in the story, where my titular character Archit sits down with his human friends to fill them in on h...

We had an unseasonably warm day here in Maryland, so I decided to take advantage of the nice weather to shamelessly promote and warm up for — if you’ll pardo...

One of my favorite daily writing exercises I adopted in 2019 was participating in Very Short Stories 365 on Twitter. It’s pretty simple: Every day, there’s a...

During one of my appointments last week, the person I was meeting with made an offhand but insightful remark that hit me pretty hard. “If your goals don’t sc...

On my adventures around town this week, I found myself in a conversation with a local parent and the topic turned inevitably to social media. “It’s just all ...

As I’ve gone through this latest transition in my life — y’know, leaving my full-time job to pursue freelancing full time — it has come with a lot of emotion...

Here we go...this is my first blog post on my new website, and I'm excited that all of you are here to be a part of the journey. It's going to be a fun one. ...