The best way to get started with writing is to write. A lot of the things I write are crap. Garbage. Lousy, silly, barely literate words and phrases. Half-baked ideas, notions, thoughts, and so on. I have, in my collection, about a dozen stories I started – and never finished. Some got a good way…
How is this even a question? Art is life. Art is an expression of the self that tends to get shared with others. Whatever medium it’s done in, whatever form it takes – art is life. A great deal of our history is found in art. Statuary, paintings, tapestries, plays, poems, books, scrolls, architecture, and…
Artists are frequently working on more than one project at a time. I currently have multiple writing projects underway. Every weekday I create a blog. Mondays are specifically about Positivity, Wednesdays are Pathwalking, and Fridays (or Saturdays) are about the craft itself. I also am posting other articles for the rest of the week, usually…
Everyone has their own approach to the artistic process. But more than that, everyone is unique and so, too, is the way they do things. My way is not the same as your way. That’s probably one of the most simple and true facts of life in general. How I do things is not at…
Remember that it is important not to take them personally. With the publication of my new sci-fi book, I did something I have never done before. I hired someone to help me promote my work to a large number of reviewers. Reviews help to raise your visibility on Amazon – so more reviews are more…
Creatives who intend to make a living off their work need to consider developing and adjusting their approach – especially now. The world we live in has changed. It was sudden and unexpected – but the end result of the pandemic is that the world is not what it was. Nor can it return to…
More important question – does that matter? As a writer I cover a lot of different topics. For my freelance work, I do a lot of content stuff that is aimed at a VERY specific, professional audience. When it comes to my work – whether sci-fi, fantasy, other fiction, mindfulness, conscious reality creation, positivity, and…
Editing is a necessity – but that doesn’t mean I have to like it! Long ago a friend told me that there are two kinds of writers. Pantsers and Planners. Planners outline things to a greater or lesser degree. Some have a general plan for a book/story/series – others outline every single chapter before they…
On the one hand, today is like most every day. But on the other – a new beginning. Today I am publishing the first book in my new science fiction series. Sci-fi is my first love. It began when my parents took me to see Star Wars when I was five in 1977. From there,…
Any art or other creative work that you practice can be an excellent tool to fight depression. We live in interesting times. This can – and for many people does – feel like a curse. To quote Wash’s definition of “interesting” from Serenity: “Oh god oh god, we’re all gonna die?” The level of anxiety…
