I find the space between here and there frequently disconcerting. I chose to pursue my art. Thus, I am writing full-time and recording/editing the audiobooks of one of my sci-fi series. This has been my dream for a long, long time now. After various fits and starts to make this happen, I am finally moving…
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Deconstructing a Metaphor: Different Boats – Same Storm
Artists tend to ride the same storm in different boats – but the metaphor has merit. Artist is a broad term. It covers a wide range of creative endeavors. Writers, painters, sculptors, singers, actors, knitters, and on and on. Lots and lots of creative professionals are artists. Ironically, professional artist is a career often look…
I Am Not Nobody
Just because I am not a known quantity – I am not nobody. There are a lot of well-known authors out there. Many write in the same genres that I do. George RR Martin. Neil Gaiman. Andy Weir. Arthur C. Clark. Isaac Asimov. I’m sure you’ve heard of one if not all of them. For…
Finding and Forming Communities
Communities are important for people who live inside their heads. Many artists – particularly writers, painters, sculptors, woodworkers, and the like – mostly work solo. What we do is inside of our heads – and the product of that are the articles, books, paintings, statuary, and various other creations we produce. When you largely work…
Never Neglect Your Workspace
Workspace maintenance is important. I have yet to meet an artist who doesn’t have at least some clutter in their workspace. Some of them are necessary tools. Cooks have pots, pans, and utensils lying around; artists have scattered brushes, paints, solvents, and canvases; writers have notes, inspirational baubles, and the like around their desks. Sure,…
Artist is Risky Business
Choosing to be a professional artist has some unique challenges. All my career choices have been artistic. In one form or another, I was bound to be a professional artist. I am in no way bragging here – but I have a few different artistic talents and skills. It started with writing. At age 9,…
The Pace You Set is the Right Pace
The speed you do your work at is the pace that’s right for you. For a long time, apart from regular blogs, my writing pace was nigh on glacial. Granted, there were fits of intense writing where I went multiple days at a time creating my work. But then they’d be followed by days, weeks,…
Breaking Down Sci-fi and Sci-fantasy
Sci-fi and sci-fantasy share many things – but differ in key ways. At nearly 5 years old, in May of 1977, my parents took me to see a movie that would shape my life in a lot of different ways. The opening theme boomed, the famous text crawl scrolled up, and then a ship came…
Don’t Beat Yourself Up for Not Working
Our mindset, when it comes to working, is terribly skewed. I set a goal for myself to write a minimum of one blog post/article and 1500 words of fiction a day, six days a week. Because of a strict, self-imposed deadline – and, frankly, endless topics to choose from – I never miss the blog….
Don’t Fear Sharing Your Imagination
Never fear – but embrace your imagination. Even the most fictional notion of the imagination can change the world. All the modern technology that we take for granted was not-so-long-ago naught but the product of someone’s imagination. And I mean all the tech – because for about 500 years the progress of humankind was relatively…