The Joy of an Analog Day
Once a week I make it a point to turn off everything digital and live in the real world. That means no cell phone, no laptop. No social media, no… Read more »
Category: Creativity Boosting & Inspiration
The Joy of Coloring… Even as an Adult
I’ve been coloring ever since I was a kid. Note I said coloring, not drawing. I have very little talent at drawing something from scratch, but I’m very good at… Read more »
Characteristics of Creative People
With NaNoWriMo in full swing and me starting to lose my mind, it was probably inevitable that a simple question would set me off on a sarcastic tangent. Someone asked… Read more »
Bet You Didn’t Know That Your Toys Chose Your Career
I’ve been busy cleaning out my parent’s attic over the last few weeks. What I’ve discovered up there is nothing short of a trip down amnesia lane. Many of my… Read more »
NaNoWriMo: 14 Years Later, Why Do I Still Do This To Myself?
I just checked my computer and discovered that I first participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) way back in 2002. It doesn’t feel like fourteen years have gone by,… Read more »
Do You Choose to Be Blind?
I’m always amazed when, in real life conversations or article comment trails concerning just about any success-related topic, someone inevitably says, “[Insert behavior that isn’t the norm] will never work… Read more »
You Can’t Buy Creativity In a Kit
I was wandering the toy aisle in Target the other day and I was dismayed at most of what I saw there. There were three main types of toys that… Read more »
“Where Does the Writing Thing Come From?”
Recently someone asked me this question at a party: “Where does your writing thing come from? Like, is it genetic or something?” After I stopped laughing over the notion of… Read more »
The Joys of Paper and Pencil
Not long ago I was commenting to my writing group about how happy I was to have scored some serious deals on notebooks during the back-to-school sales. I like five… Read more »
Do You Have to Have Talent to Succeed?
I see many people give up on careers and activities that they love (or might love) because they don’t believe they have enough talent to succeed. Whether it’s writing, acting,… Read more »