You Don’t Need Permission to Invest in Your WritingJuly 2, 2026Writers often feel pressure to justify spending money, time, or energy on their craft unless it promises a financial return.…
What May Become of Your Art?June 25, 2026The power of story is that it’s so much more evocative than mere dry facts—and why character is the root…
Everybody Has a BackpackMay 7, 2026If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. On a recent vacation cruising the Rhine…
Overcoming Overthinking—Take the LeapApril 30, 2026If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. “How do you feel about France?” The…
Writers: You Can Handle Rejection (And That’s Good Because You’ll Have To)April 23, 2026If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. When I was dating, family and friends…
Positive-training Your Creative CareerFebruary 26, 2026Olympic skater Alysa Liu rejected the rigid regimen imposed on her by her father and others and created her own…
The Carrot and the StickFebruary 19, 2026If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Everything seemed fine when we first walked…
What’s the Point?January 22, 2026One of the things that has been striking me lately is that regardless of your ideological or political beliefs, it…
The Glass Is Always FullNovember 27, 2025This holiday that inspires reflection on what we are grateful for always makes me think of an exchange my husband…
Is Fear the Artist’s Foe—or Friend?October 30, 2025Fear is an unhealthy self-awareness where you’re so in your head, while simultaneously so minutely observing yourself from an external…
