Why Haven’t I Been Writing?

The thrill may be gone, but for writers it’s never over. We are not truly happy, truly satisfied, truly complete unless we are writing.

Building a Tent in My Living Room (and a Studio on the Internet)

Something Stranger This Way Comes… A few months ago, something absurd happened—or at least, someone thought something absurd had happened. My neighbor stopped me on my way out to say, “While you were gone, I swear I saw a tent in your living room.”I blinked. A tent? In my living room?She said she saw the shape—blue and […]

All the Colors and Textures of Travel

Wanderlusting and globetrotting fire up the heart and spark endless creativity, so energize your writing by grabbing your passport, holstering your journal, and getting out into the world. “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” ― Rumi Jalalud-Din The airport is as busy as a beehive, cars come and go, passengers get out or get […]

The Space to Create

The perfect writer’s nook is as individual as the writer. Not only that, it can change as the writer changes. Train your inner writer to create under all kinds of circumstances.

All the Little Savageries

When freedom starts to take a back seat to responsibility and ambition, the writer wonders, “must I become a monster?”

Lean Into Pain and Feel the Love

As writers, we may avoid the page because we fear the fatal sting of failure, but falling into the pain will free your imagination and allow your creativity to thrive.

Hell-Raisers and Truth Chasers

You don’t have to be a firebrand to change the world, just aim for the truth and write from the heart.

Flaming Out and Rising High

Just because you stopped writing doesn’t mean the story is over, every failure is just another opportunity.

Creative Killing Fields

As writers and creatives, we must protect nascent dreams and ideas from the vagaries and cruelties of the real world.

Ask me, I won’t say no…how could I?

Writers sometimes forget the simple power of asking for what’s needed – time, inspiration, the courage to being.

the daily creative writer

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed…”

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