
I got an email recently from a reader who had a book idea.
“I’m working on a book. Would love your advice on getting it published.”
That was the whole email.
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I got an email recently from a reader who’d started writing music. He wasn’t trying to go pro. He wasn’t chasing a record deal. He just picked up an instrument, started creating, and shared what he made with the people around him. And then he waited. For the nods. The enthusiasm. The “this is really […]
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Growing up in Istanbul, Carl Sagan was one of my childhood heroes. He would speak to me through the original Cosmos series. I didn’t speak a word of English, so I wasn’t quite sure what he was saying. But I listened anyway. When I started exploring options for college, my first choice was Cornell, where […]
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