Paulette Perhach is a writing coach and author of Welcome to the Writer’s Life, selected as one of Poets & Writers’ Best Books for Writers. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Elle, Marie Claire,Slate, Yoga Journal, and Vice. She’s most widely known for her viral essay “A Story of a Fuck Off Fund.” She offers a free year of daily writing prompts at her site welcometothewriterslife.com.