What I learned this week
Sometimes, surprise yourself.
Sometimes, surprise yourself.
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I’ve been sharing my writing process as I work on my current novel. This week, as I was writing, I realized the Narrator (still no name) still doesn’t know what’s happening even though I do, and she would naturally see a doctor out of concern that she’s hallucinating or something like that. So, that’s where…
Every year, my daughter Jessica asks me if we are going to write down our revolutions, which is what she calls them. I have stopped correcting her because she is right, they are revolutions, not resolutions. They are the same each year: Be happy Do good work Love each other Be strong We put the…
I’m at the coffee shop and I’m supposed to be working on this book. I like the coffee shop because I can’t do my laundry here, or wash the dishes, or alphabetize the spices, all things I’ve been known to do when I should be tackling the work. But the work is hard and I…
I’m trying to find a comics or graphic novel art class around here and all I can find are opportunities that require me to be between the ages of eight and twelve. I can’t help wondering why we think only kids want to do fun things.
The past few weeks, I’ve been talking a bit about what I learned from Acts 2 through 5. But probably the most important thing I learned from the exploration was why I tried Acts 2 through 5. And here’s the thing: I’m always going to be looking for something else/better/different. I get bored easily. I…