Tapping into this place between the subconscious and conscious mind is amazing. The Void or The Flow State are references to that place outside of time and space where you simply are. They’re the ultimate expression of the here and now — the present moment. In the flow, you ride along aware and unaware at…
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Write and Art On, My Crazy Friends
Do your writing, do your art, and be a creative force in a mad mad mad world. Whether you’re a professional or a hobbyist, the best thing that you can do for yourself, and for the world, is your art. Artistic expression is a powerful tool that can inspire and empower like nothing else in…
What Does Overthinking Look Like and What Can You Do About It?
As a creative, this can manifest itself in multiple forms. Every creative has their own process. No two writers, painters, sculptors, chefs, or other artists are completely identical. Just like no two people, even identical twins, are completely identical. Yet there are patterns, behaviors, and other elements that are a general background people will fall…
The Challenge of Balancing Multiple Worlds
When you work as a creator on more than one project at a time. As a storyteller, one of the things I take great pride in is my ability to do worldbuilding. Among my already published works, I’ve created 5 different worlds. In two cases, entirely different galaxies. The rules of my worlds have many…
AI: The Elephant in the Room We Can’t Really Ignore
Generative AI is a new tool you can use or avoid; but ignore it at your own peril. There have been many books, movies, and TV series where rogue AI played or plays a part in the downfall of the human race. Sometimes they simply confound us (Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey), sometimes they…
Making Changes to the Workspace to Help Clear the Mindspace
It never ceases to amaze me how interconnected everything is. Empirical evidence has shown me that certain changes to my physical body impact my mental, emotional, and spiritual health, too. Losing weight, increasing muscle mass, and improving cardio-vascular fitness leads to finding calm, balance, and contentment more easily. Eating healthier helps me feel clearer and…
How Do I Reconcile the Creative Process with My Brand?
Being an indie-author requires being a brand and business, too. Not so long ago, the only way to publish a book and make money was via traditional publishing. To get there, the main path was to get a literary agent, who would then get you past the gatekeepers and through the doors to the publishers….
How Does it Feel To Create with Generative AI Tools?
Sharing my experience using Generative AI for writing. Does AI scare you? Why wouldn’t it? Lots of fiction over the years has painted AI as the thing that will end humanity (see the Terminator and Matrix movies). Then, it inevitably raises several ethical and moral questions. Can/will AI steal copyrighted material in what’s created? Will…
What Are Some of The Challenges for Creatives Who Become Entrepreneurs?
Artists and creatives face unique challenges with being entrepreneurs. I used to think my ability to write rather easily wasn’t all that unique. I thought everyone was able to formulate ideas and translate them to text and put them on a page or screen in the same way that I could. But over the years,…
What Did 2022 Look Like for Your Creative Endeavors?
Did you succeed with the creative endeavors you worked on? Since I started to write full-time to live as a professional author, I’ve been producing a lot more finished work in my creative endeavors. Let’s stick to my fiction work, here. Before shifting my focus to my creative endeavors, I self-published 3 novels before 2020….