If you think I’m writing to you – I am. Let’s address the 4 things you’re afraid of. Writing is something lots of people dream of doing. While the process comes easier to some of us than to others – that doesn’t mean it doesn’t scare you. I’ve known lots of would-be writers who are…
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How Do Nonfiction Works Directly Connect to Works of Fiction?
How my nonfiction and fiction connect define my overall brand. I began writing fiction some forty years ago. I was 9. That first work of sci-if – called Wildfire – was imaginative and literally colorful (hand-written and illustrated by me). But it might also have caused some psychologists to question my mindset (spoiler alert: The…
How Might You Let Your Art Flow Through You This New Year?
With the new year, what new art are you doing? Welcome to 2022. Happy New Year! For many people, a new year represents some sort of fresh start, choices to do something new, or something else of that nature. Some people make resolutions with an eye to some sort of change – but as they…
How Grateful Am I for My Ability to Write All the Things?
To me, writing is easy – and I am deeply grateful for this. But that’s not so for everyone. It is easy to get caught up in recognizing what we don’t have. Hell, entire industries exist trying to sell us what we don’t have by convincing us of needs we were unaware of. It’s not…
Never Neglect Your Workspace
Workspace maintenance is important. I have yet to meet an artist who doesn’t have at least some clutter in their workspace. Some of them are necessary tools. Cooks have pots, pans, and utensils lying around; artists have scattered brushes, paints, solvents, and canvases; writers have notes, inspirational baubles, and the like around their desks. Sure,…
Don’t Beat Yourself Up for Not Working
Our mindset, when it comes to working, is terribly skewed. I set a goal for myself to write a minimum of one blog post/article and 1500 words of fiction a day, six days a week. Because of a strict, self-imposed deadline – and, frankly, endless topics to choose from – I never miss the blog….
Don’t Fear Sharing Your Imagination
Never fear – but embrace your imagination. Even the most fictional notion of the imagination can change the world. All the modern technology that we take for granted was not-so-long-ago naught but the product of someone’s imagination. And I mean all the tech – because for about 500 years the progress of humankind was relatively…
Imagination Builds Knowledge
Creatives use imagination to expand the knowledge of the world. I have not been to Disney World and Epcot Center in over 30 years. But the two times I want prior to that, I loved the Journey into Imagination ride. At its heart what a lovable purple dragon named Figment (as in a figment of…
Writing Fiction is an Act of Mindfulness
Nontraditional mindfulness, but still mindful. What IS mindfulness? It is conscious awareness of your inner mindset/headspace/psyche self. It’s reached via conscious awareness of your sensory input and thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions. That awareness on the surface – and then the immediate sense of self – puts you in touch with your subconscious mind. It…
The Therapy of Writing
Writing – fiction or nonfiction – can be therapy. There is something deeply cathartic about getting words, thoughts, and ideas out of your head and onto the page or screen. Whatever form that takes – journaling, nonfiction, fiction, storytelling, or what-have-you – writing can be massively empowering. If you’re not a writer – forcing it…