The Audacity of Fantasy; or Why I Still Fall in Love
I am in love again. It’s only the fifth time in my life. It is with a person I don’t really know, I only know of. It’s not a celebrity (though no shame if you are — they’re probably someone who’s...
View ArticleBack — and Better Than Ever
Hi there. Remember me? Sorry for the long absence since my last post, but I hope once you hear what I’ve been up to, you’ll approve. Found on graphicdesignjunction.com First of all, I want to say...
View Article2015: 10 Things That Are Inspiring My Writing
Even though the year isn’t over yet, I’m so excited about the things that are exhilarating me and moving my writing forward that I just had to share them (note: no real spoilers here, just a few lines...
View ArticleHow to Tune Out the Noise
I recently led a class about ‘How to Reevaluate Your Life’. Some readers will remember that I’ve talked about this topic a couple of times before and so I felt pretty confident. I printed handouts,...
View ArticleThe Inelegant Balance Between Being Right and Becoming Better
Now, we all want to be right — to be smart, admired, to think for ourselves and not let anything sway our convictions. But at a certain point does certainty inhibit progress? I’ve been asking myself...
View ArticleWhat’s Your ’10’ Career?
Just a couple of days ago I sat down to make a business plan while waiting in a Chinese restaurant for my takeout order to cook (tip: if you can’t figure out a surefire plan for your business in ten...
View ArticleMoment: A Poem
We, by nature, are creatures of want, creatures of need. We need shelter, food, and even, I would argue, we need love. Our wants of course, are endless. From the noblest desire for world peace to...
View Article2016: Let’s Be Honest
from fromupnorth.com So, I really want to have a knock-down, drag-out with 2016 to figure out what happened, what went wrong, and how to make 2017 amazing. I know a lot of people who have had similarly...
View ArticleWhat Will You Do in 2018?
loveprintstudio.blogspot.dk Few people recognize the symbolic value of the blank slate, the clean page, more than writers. Whether looking at our characters, our projects, or the actual blank page in...
View ArticleWhy I Write Fantasy: A Post About Possibilities, Magic, and He-Man
by John Howe “Why did you pick that genre? Why fantasy?” It is almost a strange question to me, like why do you breathe air. Though of course, sometimes I don’t breathe air — sometimes I hold my breath...
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