Jul
30
(no title)
I recommend Ryan Holiday's Perennial Seller after reading it quickly and thinking creatives should read it.
writing
Jun
19
(no title)
I share Manton's note on what to post to a microblog.
Jun
07
(no title)
I discover that my old writing would take more than a day to read and spans over 400,000 words since 2005.
Apr
28
micro blog
I think through microblogging, Ulysses, independent writing, and why owning my posts matters more than social networks.
2 min read
Apr
26
(no title)
I share a quick note about experimenting with mini-thoughts alongside longer writing here.
Dec
11
Doing the Work
I write through my creative stuckness, the ideas piling up in my head, and the need to make space by doing the work.
2 min read
Nov
03
Fifty Thousand Words
I take on NaNoWriMo in my own way, aiming for 50,000 words across this site and Medium instead of forcing a novel.
1 min read
Oct
22
Dispatch
I start a social experiment by publishing short pieces on Medium while saving longer exploratory writing for this site.
Oct
14
Ego And Work
I connect Chogyam Trungpa's ideas on ego with my own resistance to writing, work, and doing the task in front of me.
4 min read
Oct
09
I Made A Thing
I explain how a Gumroad challenge pushed me to write a vacation rental ebook and rethink what I could create next.
1 min read
Jul
18
A Summer of David Foster Wallace
I begin a summer with David Foster Wallace, planning to read Infinite Jest and The Pale King before seeing The End of the Tour.
4 min read
Oct
22
Asimov on Creativity
I share Isaac Asimov's thoughts on creativity, isolation, group idea-making, and why saying no can matter as much as ideas.
1 min read
Oct
20
Bury Yourself — Day Four
On day four of Bury Yourself, I imagine speaking with the dead, from ancestors to Theodore Roosevelt, and what grief might teach me.
1 min read
Oct
18
Bury Yourself — Day Three
On day three of Bury Yourself, I think about death, my daughter, family keepsakes, digital goods, and what I leave behind.
2 min read
Oct
17
Bury Yourself — Day Two
On day two of Bury Yourself, I think about age, mortality, my daughter, my grandmother, and one frightening memory from stage work.
3 min read