What I Will and Won’t Use AI For AI is not the enemy; neither is it the end-all-be-all. Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash Like any other tool, I believe that AI has its uses. However, like all tools, it can and will be abused by bad actors. That’s why a screwdriver is a perfectly fine tool that nobody has any issues with – until it’s used to stab someone in the chest with murderous
Don’t Beat Yourself Up When You Lose Focus Because you will lose focus from time to time. Photo by Michal Vrba on Unsplash Even the most dedicated, target-locked creative loses focus sometimes. There are a vast number of reasons for this. The first is obligations. We all have homes to maintain, relationships to spend time with, emails to answer, and so on. Everyone who is a functioning adult in our society has things they must
Branding, Marketing, and Sales, Oh My! Follow the (hopefully) golden-brick road. Photo by Brands&People on Unsplash It’s one thing to do your art as a hobby. The amateur does art for their edification, and maybe also a small fanbase of friends, family, and craft fair appreciators. When you turn pro, you now have to consider other matters beyond art for art’s sake. The writer, painter, sculptor, or other type of creator must also take into
Why Did The Creative Life Choose Me? Whatever the reason, I’m deeply grateful and exploring that here. Photo by Kit (formerly ConvertKit) on Unsplash I have some amazingly creative friends. My wife can crochet and knit anything she sets her mind to. I’m on a Discord with a group of talented sci-fi authors. One friend does amazing leather work. Another friend does beautiful papercut art. I have friends who make gorgeous glasswork, pottery, clothing, calligraphed
New Novel Release Day! Today, my newest novel goes live. Photo by Elisa Calvet B. on Unsplash As the pandemic locked the world down all too briefly, my employment ended. Fortunately, I used this time to take my writing path to the next level. At the time, I’d been working on a sci-fi series for about 5 years. It would be named Void Incursion, and I started publishing it in 2020. However, before completing it,
Being Your Authentic Self Is Everything Especially when reconciling who you desire to be. Photo by Şahin Sezer Dinçer on Unsplash I tend to be a people pleaser. It’s important to me to be liked, recognized as a good person, respected, and generally accepted. This is not a problem. That is, until my perception picks up on a lack of being liked, being judged, being disrespected, and thinking I’m being shunned. That can then lead
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Wednesdays – Pathwalking (my philosophy for consciously choosing how to live your life mindfully, on your terms).