Storytelling has a broader impact than you might realize. Being a writer is how I convey most of my stories. I love to tell a good story. My imagination has been a wild, crazy place for as long as I can remember. Even with a lot of lost memories, I recall many elements from the imagination of my childhood. The home I lived in when I was 4 had a huge window at the front
Authorpreneurship comes with its share of challenges. As an indie-author, I’m not just a writer. I’m also the publisher, organizer, business manager, marketing department, and all-around entrepreneur. Most indie-authors evolve to become an authorpreneur when they wear all the necessary hats of self-publishing. I’ve written before about how arranging cover art, getting an editor, doing layout, marketing, and the rest of the steps tend to be the hardest part of this. Writing, I say, is
Creativity is one of the best counters to all the craziness. I could go on a long diatribe about the state of world affairs. There are so many things happening today that are infuriating, terrifying, nonsensical, unbelievable, and just totally fucked up. While it’s important to be aware of them so that you know what to boycott, how to vote, when and where to protest, and so on – it’s far too easy to be
This is an evolving labor of love and ongoing work. Once upon a time (see what I did there?) I was a kid with a dream. Star Wars had awakened something in me, and I wanted to make more stories in that crazy universe! But more than that, my imagination turned to creating my own stories. This would lead to my first full book, 50 pages of handwritten and illustrated sci-fi. I wrote Wildfire when
There are multiple ways to write your book. When it comes to the art of writing a book, there is no One True Way™ to do it. There are nearly as many ways to write as there are genres to write in and topics to write about. You, as the artist, get to choose your own adventure. What do you like to read? What do you desire to write? Do you have the mental, emotional,
This applies to your art, too. Change is the one and only constant in the Universe. It cannot be denied, avoided, ignored, or stopped. It can, will, and does happen. Whether glacially slow or lightning fast, change is inevitable. People fear change. This is what causes ideas and practices of fundamentalism and reactionaryism to grow and thrive. Fear of change and nostalgia for what was – often with a lot of bias and attached Pollyanaism
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Mondays – Positivity (and related ideas for making choices and decisions in life).
Wednesdays – Pathwalking (my philosophy for consciously choosing how to live your life mindfully, on your terms).