Christian Lander is the creator of StuffWhitePeopleLike.com. (I corresponded with him in early March, shortly after my co-worker sent me a link to his site. Turns out, I am very white indeed.)
Q: What is your preferred environment for writing?
A: I like writing on a screen with headphones on. I can focus if I have to, or I can take breaks. It's also nice to be able do research on anything at any given time.
Q: What punctuation mark are you fondest of?
A: Comma, all the way.
Q: What punctuation, spelling, grammar, style, or usage error annoys you the most?
A: Does having dozens of people pointing out your mistakes daily count? :) But my favorite one is "all intensive purposes."
Q: If you weren't in your current line of work, what would you be doing instead?
A: This is a weird one because I'm still at my day job. I'm an Associate Manager of Corporate Communications, so, that's exactly what I would be doing.
Q: What drove you to become a writer?
A: I think the moment I realize I couldn't be a professional baseball player, I wanted to be a sportswriter; then when I couldn't be a rockstar, I wanted to be a music writer, and it always seemed like the next best thing. I never really thought I could be a writer, like a novelist/profound kind, but I always loved writing comedy.
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