the art of non-conformity
every once in a while I am overtaken by the urge to help the real me feel loved and nurtured. sometimes I just take her outside, alone, and let her smell and feel the air and look up at the mountains. sometimes I light candles and spend time with oracle or tarot...
the creative slump
I can't seem to write. now, I know this is a temporary state of affairs. last week I whipped out a 5,000 word essay, and I wrote a bit the week before that. so, chances are, I will be writing again soon. but today I have no motivation, can't find even a thread of...
praise for no-brainer fiction
two great loves of my life are writing and riding . . . writing whatever it is my heart tells me to, and riding my bicycle. I am fairly new to cycling, having not become a regular until about 7 years ago. as an adult I'd had a mountain bike, but was usually too...
here’s my baby: be gentle
today I handed over a piece of my new project to my publisher. if you're any kind of a creator you can relate to the feelings involved, which are similar to those of a parent whose newborn child is on display. possibly worse than being the parent is to be the viewer:...
has it all been said?
I attended a wedding the other evening, a beautiful celebration on a grassy lawn beside a pond, shaded by trees, with dappled sunlight touching guests here and there. a chuppah was set in front of the chairs, a striking collection of slender logs with smooth gray...
just start writing
two months ago my favorite publishing company--torrey house press--approached me with an idea for a book, and asked me if I would be interested in taking on the project. let me clarify: they approached me with a topic. a one-word topic, a topic that they said I...
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