Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Tag: Malcolm Gladwell

  • How to be a Better Writer

    For Jamie: What I learned when I dipped into the excellently delicious Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell is such an engaging writer and his subject here–extraordinary people who are markedly different, more successful, way smarter–is fascinating. Gladwell investigates the variety of circumstances that separate the super-successful from average folk like me. Along the way, he piles on the cool facts. For example, I…

  • 10,000 Hours

    This is the last week of classes. I have about 200 pages of student research to read through and grade today; I also plan to calculate final grades before class tomorrow. Today is, without a doubt, my heaviest work day of the semester. I’m not complaining. I already met my December goal of completing the first three chapters…