For the past several months, I’ve signed off these posts with the Title of this post: Be Excellent to Each Other It’s a nice way to sign off, I think, and it’s a Bill and Ted reference (which isn’t a bad thing in itself), and I think it’s a good lens through which to view …
If you know me, you know that I tend to distance myself from any kind of news. Life is hard enough as it is. I don’t need to know about the latest outrage, or just how brightly the trash fire of American society is burning. It’s a self-defense mechanism. So for something to “ping” on …
The original title of this post was going to be “The World Wants Your Head.” I read that in an article and it stuck with me. If I can find the article, I’ll put a link to it at the bottom of the post*. The article talked about how the world constantly demands your attention. …
So… I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that the world changed for me recently. In a way, it also stayed the same, although I wish it hadn’t. A couple of weeks ago, I saw Wonder Woman for the first time. Yes, I know, I’m horribly behind on keeping up with movies and television. …
This week, I’d like to take a look at an idea that has been floating around the writing community lately…And kick it really hard in the soft bits. This idea has a tendency to come and go at intervals and, this time, it came along as a click-baity article, the gist of which was: “If …
You don’t: Need anyone to give you permission to write. Need listen when someone says, “Genre X” is dead. Need to do things “Just so” to be able to call yourself a writer. Need to Outline.* Need to discovery write. Need to listen when someone tells you, “You can’t do that.” Need to continue to …