Category: Creative Process/Craft

  • Fishing | Writing

    Yesterday I took my family on a four-hour fishing charter off the coast of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. It was a near-shore trip. We were…

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  • Quote and Comment, Butler

    In her essay “Furor Scribendi” Octavia Butler wrote: “First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit…

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  • Two Projects At Once?

    It’s common. And it is a great idea. It certainly is for entrepreneurs. Multiple streams of revenue. You get a bunch of ideas going and…

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  • My Big Writerly Lesson for 2017

    I am happiest as a writer when I’m neck deep in the throes of creating a book-length manuscript. I already knew this. I found it…

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  • The Energy of Experience

    It is that moment when you are emotionally moved, when you are shocked, in awe. When damage is done or redemption is realized. The epiphany,…

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