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Dec 4, 20241 min read

Focus Only on What You Are Writing Now

Henry Miller's own Eleven Commandments of Writing helped him maintain his focus on work in progress. Can they help with yours, too?

Sep 1, 20244 min read

Knowing when to stop writing is a lot easier than starting to write in the first place. But it's simple: You just have to show up.

Mar 10, 20232 min read

"The work never never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with" — William Faulkner

Oct 29, 20223 min read

When you let go, you create space for something else to move in to your life, as Holiday Mathis told me in my horoscope.

Feb 24, 20213 min read

To ignore a creative funk is to imperil your creative stamina. Here's out to take a time out to tend to your creative soul.