Welcome to the Dojo Wisdom for Writers Book Club! Every Wednesday, we meet to discuss one of the lessons in Dojo Wisdom for Writers. We’ll go in order, so it’s easy enough to follow along. Read the lesson, then read the blog post, then comment in the comments! Do feel free to comment on each…
Month: February 2014
Dim Mak Death Touch in Ten Easy Steps
I always swore that one day I would write a book called Dim Mak Death Touch in Ten Easy Steps, and I would totally cash in on all the misconceptions people have about the martial arts. Sadly, I have personal standards for my behavior, and though I keep them quite low, they aren’t quite low…
On how the work is going
Sometimes the world is a fetid swamp, and other times it’s a glorious sun-kissed beach, usually depending on how the work is going. It’s the same world on Monday as on Tuesday, so I recognize that the difference is in me, and then I jump up and down and yell, “Stop that!” to myself, which,…
On finding balance
Some of my colleagues have been talking about finding balance, and they don’t actually burst out laughing when they talk about it, so they must mean it. To me, it sounds like just one more thing to beat yourself up over, your regrettable lack of balance. Look, the only people who do good work are…
Dojo Wisdom for Writers Book Club – Lesson #18
Welcome to the Dojo Wisdom for Writers Book Club! Every Wednesday, we meet to discuss one of the lessons in Dojo Wisdom for Writers. We’ll go in order, so it’s easy enough to follow along. Read the lesson, then read the blog post, then comment in the comments! Do feel free to comment on each…
On the appointed one
Jessica and I are snowed in, watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Netflix, sitting on the lime-green sofa and laying bets on whether there really will be six more weeks of winter, when she says, “Remind me who the acquainted one is.” “The who?” I ask. She points to the laptop and Buffy, and I…