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…
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…
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…
“Seeing Myself *Like* Myself Is Pretty Damn Good”October 16, 2025It’s always a little surprising when we hear that people we admire, or who have achieved success by standard metrics,…
When the World Sucks Your Creativity: Zoom In and Zoom OutSeptember 25, 2025If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. This morning I received an email from…
You Don’t Have to Do This AloneJuly 24, 2025There’s a time-honored, romantic image of authors: the solitary genius who lives within the rich worlds in their heads, pecking…
George Michael Had It All Figured OutApril 18, 2024If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. This sign, in the photo in the…
Past, Present, and Future: Your Characters—and You—Live in All ThreeMarch 7, 2024The writing you do today—every day—is an amalgam of the writing you have done every other day before it, the…
Most of Your Life Is MediumFebruary 29, 2024Most of the actual day-to-day effort of our creativity tends to be medium-level satisfying. We’re not kissed by the Muse…
Embrace the SuckFebruary 8, 2024Sometimes we may start a project knowing exactly what we want to say and how to say it, and the…
