As I thought about that philosophy, I began to see it simply as this: use new technology to support your life rather than adapting your life to support new technology. It sounded like what I needed. Read more
Unless I want to make myself miserable with unrequited ambition, I have to be okay with my small calling. Read more
How do we who work in words and ideas, tapped out on keyboards or scribbled on paper, extend hospitality to our readers? Read more
When is it wise and necessary to persist with a work that isn’t coming easily or quickly, and when is it time to stop working on that project? Read more
Take some time to reflect on 2017 by making your own “best of” lists and get ready for a great 2018! Read more
Let the accomplishment you’ve already achieved fuel your creativity and give you the confidence you need to sit back down and do the next work you feel called to do. Read more
With slow writing, you rouse that inner editor, you even get him a cup of coffee, because now it’s his turn to go carefully over each word, sentence, paragraph, and chapter. Read more
Here are three reasons I think you should consider occasionally setting a large short-term goal of fast writing for yourself. Read more
Want to stop Writing and instead start writing again? It’s simple: do the things that made you love writing in the first place. Read more
We’re writers. Writing is how we process and interpret the world. And if we’re not bringing that gift to our own difficult places, we wound ourselves. Read more
