It’s a Thursday night and I’m online with my Writers Group. We’re writing together on our various projects. No one is speaking. The view out my window is calm, still trees and grass becoming green due to spring. My family is resting. No one needs me. They are used to my writing schedule with my online writers group. On my bed, writing on my binder clipboard and I feel peace about the Continue Reading
Choosing My Why
It has been a few years since I wrote The Next Piece, a blog post about beginning to take writing seriously. So what has changed and transpired over these four years? I unfortunately didn't keep up my daily writing habit of writing for at least 15 minutes a day. Consistency is not my strong suit. On the bright side, I did join an online writers group. There's three of us and we have switched Continue Reading
Words to Write
Words, thoughts and ideas rumble around my mind. Most of which I choose not to write about. Does it edify? Is it true? Does it build a bridge? Does it separate the wheat from the shaft? Does idle chit chat have a purpose? Does it waste time and energy? It crosses the divide and becomes a bridge. But does that bridge hold the weight for real relationships to thrive? Or should we walk to Continue Reading
Humility VS the Siren Call of Fame & Power
Humility has been on my radar lately. As a writer and a podcaster its something I’ve been learning about and contemplating. In media and the arts, its important to build renown. Its part of building an audience and seems like the only way to build a career as a creative professional. Fame, its not just hungering for acknowledgment and special-ness, its how to pay the bills. There’s tons of Continue Reading
Something Interesting
The cardinal rule for any creator is to be interesting. For the chase for readers or viewers it critical to capture interest. That is the one common thing about media, (whether its books, articles, documentaries, videos on YouTube or blog posts like this one), it needs to be something interesting. In many ways, my history, family and interests are interesting. But I find myself a quiet Continue Reading
