I recently put a book up on Amazon. Super excited. Of course, I wanted to tell the world about my baby. So I fired up Twitter and got the URL from Amazon—but then heard metal grinding against metal in my head, because this was not going to work. I recently republished my book.... Continue Reading →
Note—This is a redux version of an article I originally posted here on April 8, 2014. I thought it was worth revisiting. Our culture is so competitive that there are some things we need to be reminded of from time to time. I'm currently reading The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliant At A... Continue Reading →
Stories teach us what it means to be human. A good story should inform you, in at least some little way, why you're here. That’s what we’re all looking for—we just want to understand the litany of questions that inevitably come to any self-aware being: Who am I? Why am I here? What am I... Continue Reading →
When you create you make something that was not there before. In other words, you make something from nothing. As I’ve written before, this takes a great amount of energy. Think of your creative energy as a fire within you. The problem most creatives face is: How do you stoke that fire, keep it burning... Continue Reading →
I'm currently reading The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliant At A Moment's Notice by Todd Henry. I don't kid myself, I don't think I'll ever be brilliant at a moment's notice, or even with a lot of notice, but there are some good ideas in this book. I came across something that spoke to... Continue Reading →
I'm back. After a long hiatus, I've returned to cultivating this blog. For those of you wondering, these past several months I've been working on my fiction writing. After my first wave of horror and sci fi short stories were rejected and/or ignored, I finally sold a story. My post-apocalyptic piece Big Dead Noise is... Continue Reading →
Throughout time, mankind has tried to rationalize the true source of inspiration. Though some artists attribute their oeuvre to their own hard work and diligence, there are still many who say it came from a source outside of themselves. This outer creative influence can take many forms: The Muse: This always makes me think of... Continue Reading →
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