Let’s Get Physical

Yesterday I found a ten dollar bill in a jacket pocket. For a moment, I looked at the rectangular piece of green paper and thought, “What is this?” That’s when I realized that I rarely use real, physical money anymore. I use a debit card or a credit card for most purchases.

And that got me to thinking. . .

Most of my life revolves around the virtual, not the physical.

I am a novelist (along with my co-author and wife, Saxon Bennett.) I write on my computer three to four hours every morning. I...