Disconnecting

As writers, we need to get into our heads and do lots of thinking and lots of soul searching. Living in a society where advertisers, our friends and families, and the entire Internet are competing for our attention, that kind of quiet thought might be hard to come by.



When I was in Paris, I had limited Internet access, no phone access, and nothing more on my agenda than to learn.




While I was there, I'd spend my mornings writing on a new novel. I got almost 20k words done while I was ther...