John Craig did a 5-question interview with me and he posted it today. I loved the questions he asked and I love his photography, so go check it out. You can find his blog here. After you've read the interview, stick around on his blog and read his posts. He's got some great stuff and […]
It’s been one of those days. I thought I’d take time to work on some of my self-initiated projects instead of all the work I do for other people (those pesky items that pay the bills). And yet. There was a series of emails that needed to be sent out for the Loft, and those […]
My son went through a long comic book phase when he was a pre-teen, which involved me driving him to comic book stores and conventions and then standing around waiting for him. Having nothing better to do, I picked up comic books and began to read and in this way grew to love the form. […]
A couple months ago I wrote a post titled Write Three Pages a Day and You’ll Be Happy. This command, and the post I wrote about it, are all true. I believe this statement with all my heart, because I believe that as writers, we must write regularly to be happy. However…. Upon rare occasion, […]
I may have already written about this before–and I reserve the right to write about it again. Does anyone else have that thing where you forget what you’ve written? It’s not age, or fading brain cells, it comes from writing a lot and being so present with what I’m writing that I forget everything that […]
One of the best tools a writer can learn is the art of listening. Actually, learning to listen is a useful tool for any human, period. I spent the weekend in a workshop with people who had varying degrees of skills in listening, which has had me pondering the subject. As my good and wise […]
Geez, things change in an instant. David Cook is no longer the front-runner to be the next American Idol (but I still think he should be, because he has way more artistic integrity than the pipsqueak David Archuleta and I voted for him a gazillion times anyway) and suddenly the TypePad interface is completely different. […]
I’m taking a quick break from my current ghostwriting project to give you a tip for writing, specifically, overcoming resistance. But first, I want to remind you to enter my writing contest. Its easy–all you have to do is answer a few simple questions in the comment area and you’ll be entered in a drawing […]
