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10 Ridiculously Simple Steps for Writing a Book
The hard part of writing a book isn’t getting published. It's the actual writing. In this article, I offer 10 steps for writing a book along with 10 bonus steps to getting your book done. Books don’t just write themselves, after all. You have to invest everything you are into creating an important piece of work.
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One of the Things I’ve Learned About Writing
One of the things I’ve learned about writing is that you can’t honestly write what you are unwilling to live. At first, this might seem preposterous. After all, J.R.R&...
The Largeness of a Little Life
I wake up to birdsong and soft light washing in through a window that no curtain can cover. I drink coffee and read a book, easing into the day. Work starts with an in...
Let It Be Easy!
I struggle to find the right time to fit it all in, though, while honoring my professional and personal commitments. I want to be creative and do good work and make a ...
Life is a Dream
If our job is to build new worlds and imagine alternative realities, then awareness, I should think, is a vocational requirement. We have to be so tapped into life to ...
A Great Cup of Coffee + Creativity
Have you had your cup of coffee today? I have. I’ve tasted the sweet nectar of the gods and gone back for more. How could I not? This is the stuff of which creativity ...
I’m Still Here: Perseverance, Creativity, and a Pandemic Divorce
Not long ago, after my marriage had ended but while we were still too polite to say so, I awoke one morning to the soft song of birds. Exiting the bedroom, I descended...