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I was recently at an event and people asked me where I get my story ideas from. I tried to explain as best I could, but I could tell that...

There's an old adage that says, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." While that is certainly true, the first step...

In a previous blog, I talked about the fact that writing isn't for the faint of heart. It takes time and patience, two things that are of...

People aren't afraid of being alone in the dark. They're afraid of NOT being alone in the dark. Some of the scariest moments of my life...

One of the timeless messages from Hemingway's classic tale "The Sun Also Rises", is that of endurance. No matter what happens, the sun...

All writers, every one of us, leave part of ourselves in our work. Sometimes this happens even when we're not aware of it. I generally...

Creating something and putting it out in the public eye isn't for everyone. No matter what you create, whether it's art, music, or the...

Ah, appealing to the masses. It's quite a tricky thing to do. There are so many people with so little time to read, yet writers are...

As I've stated before, writing is hard. Being a writer is no cakewalk either. At any given time I'm walking under the guise of being a...

Well, many of the aspects of writing are hard. There's countless solitary hours, often late at night or early in the morning when our...