Every week—really every day—I make a point of trying to learn something new. A new skill, a new fact, a new place, a new anything. Sometimes these learnings are driven by curiosity, and sometimes they are presented to me as an opportunity. Like this morning, when the rubber on one of my windshield wipers frayed…
Author: Matt Larson

Memoirs by Men: Not Much Demand
When I first started sending copies of my memoir to agents, I received a lot of positive feedback, but there was a consistent message coming back to me. The start of the conversation usually went something like this: “we like your writing, but, you’re a man writing a memoir. That’s the least popular type of…

The Only Way to Is Through
It came unexpectedly,
when there was no danger in sight,
and shook every fiber of being
that long and frightful night.
No explanation, no comfort came
in the days and years ahead,
but you continued all the same,
plodding on when you could have fled.

Lessons From AMC Awards, Signings, and More
I ended my spring “book tour” of 4000s by 40 last weekend, with a book signing at The Country Bookseller in Wolfeboro, NH. If you haven’t been, it’s a great bookstore with a terrific owner. Three other local authors joined the signing…