Writing

May 164 min read

Honor Creativity by Doing the Work

Artists need to honor creativity by doing the work. In other words, stop saying you'll write a book. Sit your butt down and write it.

May 93 min read

Memoir of a Memoir: Cringe Writing

How's writing my memoir going, you ask? Well, I can sum everything up in one word: Oofa! It's a lot of cringe mixed with proper punctuation.

Apr 184 min read

Publishing 100a: Traditional Presses

In Publishing 100a, we look at traditional presses. What are they, how do they work, and how do you get work book published with them.

Apr 53 min read

Publishing 100: The Publishing Models

There are four publishing methods in today's writing world. We delve into the traditional, independent, hybrid, and vanity versions.

Mar 283 min read

A Conversation With My Brain

Whilst waiting for my bagel with lox spread at the local bagel joint, I let my brain know we needed to talk.

Mar 222 min read

#WriteDecision Blog -- One Year On

On March 19, 2023, I reintroduced blogging into my life. A year later, the #WriteDecisions blog is generally hunky dory.

Mar 93 min read

Creativity Amid Chaos

Ongoing chaos does one of two things to writers. Either it provides a plethora of ideas or they jump into the rabbit hole.

Mar 13 min read

Three Ways Zombies and Writers Are Similar

If writers could sit zombie down for some tea and raw flesh, they'd find a great deal in common with animated corpses.

Feb 232 min read

Disavow Your Writing Disbelief

"All things are possible for one who believes," Jesus says. it's a small lesson in believing in your power to change things.

Feb 153 min read

Writer's Block Is Bull Feces

There's no such thing as writer's block. Now, let's move to the next subject: Publisher's Clearing House is a front for the Illuminati.

Feb 83 min read

Adventures in Unemployment

It's the waiting that gets to you. Waiting for job applications, LOIs, and unemployment payments.

Feb 33 min read

Seriously, How Are You Doing Today?

Thank you, Elmo. You furry, first-person speaking, three-year-old you. He blew up the internet by asking how we were doing.

Jan 193 min read

Portrait Of A Young Man at 55

In the end, I think reaching the double nickel is more important than hitting the big 5-0. Some of them are discussed in today's article.

Jan 113 min read

Faith And Slipper Socks: Memoir of A Memoir

My memoir "Faith and Slipper Socks" is about mental illness, late-stage diagnosis of bipolar disorder and time in a mental treatment center.

Jan 43 min read

Compassionate Authoring

There are few communities out there more close-knit than that of writers. We support each other throughout the writing process.

Dec 30, 20234 min read

Three Words for 2024: Pivot, Transition, Fearless

I'm incorporating three critical, life-saving words into my vocabulary. Those three words are Pivot, Transition, and Fearless.

Dec 15, 20234 min read

5 Things To Do When the Job Ends

To help you through the transition between one job and another, when money may not be coming in, here are 5 things to do.

Dec 7, 20232 min read

Support Your Local Authors

On average, nearly four million books are released annually. At least three million come from local authors.

Dec 1, 20233 min read

NaNoWriMo 2023: Week Four

21,140 is a respectable total of words written. Truth be told, it's the biggest amount created on digital parchment in a while.

Nov 25, 20231 min read

NaNoWriMo 2023: Week Three

A total of 15,046 words, which is a significant jump. I'd like to thank the typing class I took in my sophomore year of high school.