Not really. But I feel a bit jealous of their success and see them as competition as such. I just finished reading the first novel of Tim Pratt’s sci-fi series The Axiom. I found The Wrong Stars really hard to put down. The story was engaging, the characters compelling, and it was an excellent read….
Short answer – Yes, I feel a sense of shame about it. But I’m not ashamed at all. Not everyone is built to work 9-5 in an office, plying a trade like being a plumber or carpenter, and other “normal” jobs. Along the same line – not everyone has the desire to be a teacher,…
Yes. I’m learning things that make me rethink my approach to my own work. More than a year ago, I began a new habit. My morning routine changed from spending an hour or two online playing games on Facebook to reading. I get out of bed, feed the cats, start the coffee – then sit…
Experts should not be disregarded because of the work they put in – quite the opposite, in fact. I do not consider myself an expert at anything. Nope, I am not an expert. Experienced? To be sure. Knowledgeable? Absolutely. A master? Maybe, but only because what mastery I have isn’t the end-all-be-all, and I am…
I am not one writer – I’m two or three writers in one. Did you know that I have two completely separate Amazon author pages? Working with my marketing professional last year, we decided that – to alleviate potential brand confusion – I needed to separate my fiction and my nonfiction. To do that –…
There is almost never a reason not to create. Professional, hobbyist, or dabbler – everyone is a creative. Some creations are obvious. Paintings, books, ceramics, carvings, songs, and so on. Others of equal importance but less obvious are equations, theories, philosophies, organization tactics, procedures, routines, and so on. Some of what we create is thought…
With the new year, what new art are you doing? Welcome to 2022. Happy New Year! For many people, a new year represents some sort of fresh start, choices to do something new, or something else of that nature. Some people make resolutions with an eye to some sort of change – but as they…
Everyone has gifts – talents, skills, abilities – but not everyone shares them. I firmly believe that everyone has a gift to share. There is not a single person that I’ve encountered in my life who doesn’t have some skill, ability, talent, or strength that is a “gift”. The issue, most often, is that it…
The writer writes for thee – and for me. Why do I write? Because I love it. I take an almost perverse pleasure in putting words on the screen or page. And this has been so for over 40 years. I can be writing a blog about writing; an article about mindfulness, conscious reality creation,…
One day at a time acknowledges the notion of living in and for the now. The unfortunate reality of my art, presently, is that it’s not paying me a living wage. I am working on improving this – which is part of why I’ve published 6 new novels this year. However, I am an adult…
