Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. Zig Ziglar Greetings, Dwellers! Happy December, happy Thanksgiving, happy soon-to-be close of the year, merry Christmas in advance, etc., etc. It’s been a busy time both personally and career-wise, with what one should expect from the season and by …
We learn from failure, not from success! Bram Stoker, Dracula Last week I’d mentioned that my only real goal was finishing Chapter 13 and, despite a few setbacks along the way, I’m happy to report in another successful week. Happier, still, to report that the close of that chapter came from forcing myself to sit …
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you. Jeremy Clarkson Hello, again. Thanks for bearing with a few weeks of respite from my end. Had a couple of weekends of family events back to back and it was nice to be able to fully take that time off. Nice, yes, but …
When he began writing it was often like this – a dry and sterile exercise. No, it was worse than that. Starting off always felt a little obscene to him. Like French kissing a corpse. Stephen King, The Dark Half The muse has not been kind of late. Yes, I know, I don’t believe in …
Attention is currency these days, and a lot of motherf*****s are bankrupt. It’sAGundam Hey there, Dwellers. It’s me. One of those motherf*****s. In what I can only attribute to either a delicious piece of irony or a divine slap across the face, I was busy multitasking about five different activities with an It’sAGundam video on …
A man who can’t bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them. Stephen King, The Dark Tower Settling back into writing makes me fully understand what the Tin Man was going through. The cumulative seconds, minutes, hours of staring at the blinking cursor and fighting internal battles over character motivations …
Quite moaning about fate and change // Stand up on your feet and rise // With every fall you get the pain, you get the less // Start now, open your eyes // … When you change yourself, you change the world. Gojira, Silvera A toast – to welcome fall and the shitshow that is …
People crave the familiar yet seek the novel. Allen Gannett, The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time It seems like every week I make some new discovery about my writing processes that is equal parts worthwhile and frustrating. This time around, it’s about how hopelessly drawn to new ideas …
Don’t let yourself off the hook with excuses. Jason Fried, Rework No matter how many times you do something, there’s always more to discover. Take, for instance, writing a novel. You can be the kind of person that takes years to complete a draft only to throw it out and start over, then move on …
Every artists knows you don’t make the things you make, you submit to the things you make. Andrew Klavan Took me a while to get here, but I’ve finished my preliminary review of Residuum. Ever since I got it into my thick skull that I needed to facilitate a return to focusing on my creative …
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