You recall
my best and only piece of advice as a "writing teacher": "Put an owl in it!" Yes,
an owl adds a lively dash of pizzazz to
any piece of serious literature. Of course, John Hodgman doesn't need me to tell him! In
his new book THAT IS ALL we meet "Mister Slither, a Patron of the Owl Shop." Of Mister Slither I can say no more.