Storyteller’s Log, 21 August 2025 Korbin joins me for journaling. I’ve gotten back into the swing of things, and this week is seeing a lot of progress on my work. That’s good. The first week after Pennsic tends to be extra challenging. Pennsic finds me doing a lot more exercise, keeping odd hours, and living out of a canvas tent for a week is quite different from living in a house. This week has included
Where Do the Words/Images/Ideas Come From? Spoiler alert – there is no One True Answer. Welcome to arts philosophy. Photo by Dollar Gill on Unsplash Creativity comes in many sizes, shapes, and forms. The creative process goes into making every form of art. Whether it’s paint, clay, words, or some other medium, there’s a procedure on the part of the creator. There is never One True Way. The process I employ for writing is not
Storyteller’s Log, 14 August 2025 Korbin opines about my journaling. I have returned from another 10-day sojourn at the Pennsic War. Twenty-nine years and counting since 1996 (minus 2 years due to the Pandemic). It was a mixed bag in many respects. Most of that was because I was feeling off from time to time and oddly disconnected. But the weather was largely excellent, I got to spend time with friends I don’t see as
Earning a Living Via Your Art Some thoughts on the various inherent challenges. Photo by Kévin et Laurianne Langlais on Unsplash Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I had a decent, albeit part-time, job. It allowed me some freedom to do more writing, but it still took up the majority of my day. When the lockdown began, the job ended. Rather than lament this, I shifted my focus and attention and dove headfirst into writing more. A
Even Artists Need Vacations Everyone needs to rest, relax, and recuperate. Photo by Chen Mizrach on Unsplash Many people think that the life of an artist is a cakewalk. They think that, as an artist, you’re doing what you love and getting paid. How can that possibly tire you out like normal work does? Believe me, it does. Creative work and being an artist is a wonderful thing. But even artists need vacations. That’s because
Finding and Entering The Zone is Amazing Getting into that place where your work just happens with little effort. Photo by Yoori Koo on Unsplash I was working on the outline for the fourth novel in my next series. I’m nearing the end, and as I got going during this work session, time just slipped away. The ideas flowed and I lost all sense of time and space. Before I knew it, I had laid
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