Life provides obstacles. Where to look matters.
Life provides obstacles. Where to look matters.
I spent six years writing 205,000 words. Looks like I'll be cutting half of them.
When an old poem strikes my creative chord, it's new again.
Creativity Works…When You Work It
If you're a creative type, you already know this. But who doesn't need this reminder, every now and then?
Is This Any Way To Have Fun?
Who wouldn't have fun at Austin's Big Rock Candy Mountain? Here are the delights that await on the annual Weird Homes Tour.
When The Narrow View Widens Out, It Becomes Universal
Building on our own experiences and emotions creates the truest art we can make.
While We’re On The Subject Of Details…
Your camera must always be ready to take in what your eyes can't. But since it helps to be ready at the right time, here are three tips.
Seven Ways Writers Can Play ‘What If?’ To Get Inspired
When inspiration doesn't flow, I play the 'What If?' game in seven idea-stoking ways.
Requirements for Writing Fiction
Required prerequisite for fiction writers: Embrace your dual gifts.
What Happens When You Let Go
Letting go encourages good habits because it creates space for so much creative abundance to move in.
45 Quotes to Inspire You
No sense flailing around in a creative vacuum. You can't wait for inspiration—find some here.
What It’s Like
You may be possessed by your paints, or smitten with your characters, but life goes on.
Not You. Rainy Days Don’t Get You Down.
Proving once again that creative people are unique, your poll results show what ducks you are.
Prescription for a Creative Funk
When you find the creative winds deflating in your sails, try a different tack. Take a time out.
How Do You Start What You’re Afraid To?
If you're struggling to get started on your creative passion, you can start where you left off.
Does Weather Influence Your Creativity?
Are the many moods of creativity affected by weather? Take a short survey about your own creative response.
Making Space for What Counts
Making space for what counts is not so much a resolution as a life goal. Here's how I'm doing it this year.
How Four Words Got Me Back on the Writing Track
The long road to epic: When you put your own priorities first, you'll finish your novel.
Top 10 Signs You Ought To Try Coworking
The worldwide pandemic of loneliness that afflicts so many freelancers and writers has a cure. Take this test.
Where Do Ideas Come From? Crazy Places
Inspiration and creativity may not be as mysterious as the experts would have us think.
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