Off the Rails

Every week, I try to type these posts up ahead of time. For a while, I’d been doing it pretty consistently. Last week was a bit hectic, and busy. By the time Friday came around, I was looking forward to this weekend and the opportunity to get “Back on Track.” That’s when a voice whispered, …

Skill and Talent

This week, I’d like to talk about both Skill and Talent. I’m sure you’ve heard someone referred to as (and maybe you’ve been called this yourself) Talented. What is Talent? Some people don’t believe that such a thing exists. Others seem to think that Talent is all there is. Beethoven was talented. So is Eddie …

Letting Go

Tomorrow, it will have been one solid week that I’ve been querying my new book, titled, “Jade Moon Waning.” Jade Moon is my second book and, on the day that I decided that it was ready to go out, I sat back and thought to myself, “What next?” What next, indeed? One of the ways …

A Gift to Myself: Part 4.

Earlier in the week, I had what I’m going to call a mild anxiety attack. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that reads this blog, that I’ve got a lot on my plate at any given moment. My typical approach to this is to focus on just one thing – usually the one …

A Gift to Myself: Part 3.

I mentioned last week that, for my birthday, I was giving myself the gift of Time. Seeing’s how I’m typing this up on Sunday morning, it’s taking me a bit of time to get some traction on that score. And that’s ok. This whole thing is a work in progress. I didn’t expect to have …

Not in the Mood?

Earlier today (or maybe it was late last night), a friend on Twitter asked the #writingcommunity what got people in the mood to write. It was a pretty lighthearted question and the thread was full of good music recommendations. But there’s a hard truth that you may or may not be aware of. You can’t …

Priorities and Priorities

So… Yeah… This post is a bit late. Well, better late than never, right? But why is the post late, you ask? And, if you’re asking, thank you for sticking it out today. This weekend I had set myself a deadline for finishing this revision pass on JADE MOON WANING. Then, as it often does, …