Do You Freely Share Your Artistic Skills and Talents or Hold Back?
Sharing your skills and talents can be both exciting and terrifying. Photo by Sir Manuel on Unsplash Everyone is a creator. But what that means is wildly variable. What most…
Why Keep Writing if Nobody Appears to be Reading?
Doesn’t matter who’s reading so much as the need to keep writing must be satisfied. Photo by Amelia Bartlett on Unsplash Why do I write? The short answer is that…
Can Your Writing Practice Blend the Pantser with the Planner?
Pantser or planner – your writing practice is yours and yours alone. Photo by Nils Stahl on Unsplash For most of my writing career, I’ve been a pantser. Pantser =…
Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Stories in the Queue?
Can you have too many stories in the queue? I don’t believe so - but your mileage may vary. Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash In September 2015, I began…
What Does the Future of Fiction Publishing Look Like?
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…
Yes, I Disabled My Twitter Account – Despite How It Benefited My Arts
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…
How Do Finding, Straddling, and Crossing the Line Compare to One Another?
There’s always a line – and you choose if it intimidates you or not. Photo by Jonathan Adeline on Unsplash There are many lines in life for us to find,…
Does it Sometimes Feel Like Your Identity as a Creator is a Struggle?
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…
Are You Ready for November and The Start of Another NaNoWriMo?
Are You Ready for November and The Start of Another NaNoWriMo? Photo by Jodie Cook on Unsplash NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writer’s Month – has begun again. In 2004 or…
Another “The End” Reached. What Do I Do Now?
After I reach “the end” of a project, it’s time to work on the next. Photo by Daniel Chicchon on Unsplash I just finished writing the first novel in my…