This is perfectly normal, and something I think all creatives encounter. I’ve never met another artist, writer, painter, woodworker, or any other type of creative who hasn’t been “blocked”, uncertain, or otherwise lost. You take a look at the blank page or screen, blank canvas, raw wood or clay, and nothing is coming. The ideas…
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Are Writers, Artists, and Creatives In Competition with One Another?
Even in a crowded market, we’re not competing with each other. In trying to learn how many authors are self-published, no search I’ve run on Google can give me a number. Between Amazon and other services making self-publishing increasingly easier, it’s safe to presume that there are thousands, if not tens of thousands of self-published,…
Can I Write to Market Without Being a Hack?
That depends on multiple factors. What is a hack? Stephen Pressfield, in his brilliant book The War of Art, defines a hack as someone who “condescends to the audience.” Further, the hack chooses to work not so much with what they desire to write as much as what they think they can write for money….
Reaching “The End” Is a New Beginning
So, what am I working on now? On Friday, September 29, I finished the last page of the last book of my new Savagespace series. After a lot of world-building, layout, plotting, and planning – the final book has been finished. Originally, this was going to be a 6-book series. However, as I worked on…
Is The Creation of Art An Expression of Passion?
Hell yes. Art and passion tend to be one and the same. When I was very young – not quite 5 years old – my parents took me to see a movie that changed me forever. That movie was Star Wars. Thanks to A New Hope (which I will forever just call Star Wars), I…
And Now For Something (Kind of, But Not Entirely) Completely Different
Something different for me and my writing/publishing game, at least. As I’m sure you’re sick of reading by now – I started writing sci-fi when I was 9 years old. Wildfire is a 50-page, illustrated book you will never read. After Wildfire, I started but didn’t finish a few other projects. Then, at age 13,…
I’m Striving to Keep Doing What I Love to Do
What I love is a combination of things that all tie to one thing. I love storytelling. Recently, I went to the big medieval event I attend every August with about 10,000+ people. For 9 days or so, I lived in a canvas square pavilion (10×10 feet, 5 poles, the center is about 9 feet…
Making Choices to Change My Business Model
Altering my path as an authorpreneur When I first began to self-publish, I used CreateSpace. Via this fantastic website, I could format both an eBook (Kindle) and paperback for publication – mostly to Amazon. I started slowly. It began with some of my nonfiction works. This, in time, would be moved to a separate name…
Personal vs Impersonal, Sharing Vs Oversharing, and the Lines Between Them
Welcome to my brain dump. All kinds of things go through my head on a regular basis. Some you might read here or in another blog. Some are kept close to the vest – and either written out in my physical journal or not at all. Whatever the case may be – I have a…
Do Storytelling, Mythology, Philosophy, and Science Converge?
Yes, but not in an entirely obvious way. Storytelling isn’t just making something up and sharing it. It’s a much broader topic that includes fiction, nonfiction, and general dissemination of information. Storytelling has been part of every culture on the planet. From ancient times to today, there have always been storytellers. Long before hieroglyphs or…