The falling out between me and a friend who was working on a project started after I got mad about something he had done. What I didn’t know is that I couldn’t go forward until I had let it go, say something about what happened. I would attempt to work on the project but did [...]

The first edit of the story with music, My First Art Mentor, has been sent to me and it’s a Goldilocks case. The first version was too hot. The second version is too cold. The third version will be just right. But first, I have to tell my friend what I think about it. The [...]

I was telling someone the story behind the current story I’m writing and he found it engaging and asked me to get him a copy once the music has been added to it. I wondered if the written version would be better than the spoken. I have been listening to some good audio books and [...]

The day was one of doubt and discouragement, yesterday. I was wondering if this path of creativity and writing are really there, if they have any substance. It struck me that one disappointment and loss can shape my perception more than a bunch of successes. The feelings of doubt and discouragement nullified the fact that [...]

Just finished reading, A Fierce Green Fire, the biography of Aldo Leopold, the pioneering environmentalist whose vision made ecology a national priority. He said many profound things: “Land ecology at the outset discards the fallacious notion that the wild community is one thing, the human community another.” But one which struck a major chord with [...]

My last post about working on my story included some insights I had gotten from listening to it. I had agreed to help some friends finish the last of their packing before they moved out of town and didn’t know how late I would get home or if I would have any time or energy [...]

I use the word, “and,” a lot in my writing. I used it so much in my current story that I laughed every time it was said during my recording of it,. What to do about that? More rewriting with a focus on decreasing the use of the word, “and.” Listening to my story illustrated [...]

I decided to skip my writing two nights ago: I was exhausted. I had taken a long walk during the day which was extended because I had gotten twenty minutes into the walk before I realized that I had left my money, all except for two dollars in change, at the house. I walked back [...]

Hugh McLeod, the artist who draws cartoons on the back of business cards, said it takes ten years of focused creative effort to build an audience. I winced. I didn’t know if I had it in me to take a ten year walk especially if there is no guarantee of “success.” McLeod’s assessment was in [...]

The writing is staying simple: the computer, the story and that kitchen clock ticking in the background. Back to feeling that the story is getting better especially after deleting a bunch of stuff that was interesting but not relevant to the paragraphs they helped to form. There is a beauty in writing. Sitting and creating [...]