Finishing your book, painting, or whatever is better than not finishing – but you won’t always finish. Photo by Eden Constantino on Unsplash This weekend, before going out of town,…
In the business of writing, writing - in many respects - is surprisingly the easiest part. Photo by Paul White on Unsplash As a child, I discovered that writing fiction…
Maybe I do write are, and maybe not. Why that matters is personal. Photo by Neven Krcmarek on Unsplash The arts are highly subjective. Whatever the medium, the arts will…
Did you succeed with the creative endeavors you worked on? Photo by Kevin Jarrett on Unsplash Since I started to write full-time to live as a professional author, I’ve been…
Do you go with traditional, non-traditional, or REALLY non-traditional publishing? Photo by Medienstürmer on Unsplash For a long, long time, the only way to make any money as a fiction…
While it may have helped me as an author, I’m done with Twitter. Photo by visuals on Unsplash Like you, I’ve been watching Twitter come apart at the seams. What…
Struggling with identity tends to be a matter of active mindfulness. Photo by Ari He on Unsplash I wrote my first 50-page, hand-illustrated sci-fi novel when I was 9. The…
It’ll be an interesting challenge for me to pick up where I left off. Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash I began writing my Source Chronicles fantasy series in 1998.…
Banning books and other arts does harm to us all. Photo by Rabie Madaci on Unsplash Why did I only just learn about Banned Books Week? That doesn’t matter. What…
The arts bring out the best of what our world can be. Photo by note thanun on Unsplash The last few years have been extra crazy. Between the pandemic, increasing…