Doubt is very real. How we respond to it determines how far we go as writers. Pro tip: drowning your doubt in alcohol is for amateurs.
Writing
Superb Meteors and Sleepy Planets
As writers, there is no pressure to do our best work while we’re still young. Our work only gets better with age.
Honing Artistic Discernment
It’s not enough to say something isn’t working. Discernment is the first step in figuring out the problem so that we can fix it.
Writing As Meditation
Lately I’ve been blogging some about how mindfulness has helped me become a better writer, but saying I practice meditation is like a restaurant saying they serve food. Allow me to explain and to share how I’ve come to treat writing as meditation. Insight Meditation Insight meditation is the practice of attempting to see things […]
Happy Birthday to “142 Ostriches”
What I’m feeling on this, my book’s first birthday, is grateful. It’s been a hell of year to launch a debut, but I’m proud of the book I put into the world.
Right View for Better Editing
Right View is about about seeing things as they are, not as we wish or imagine them to be. When we apply it to our editing process, we produce better prose.