Month: May 2016

An alternative title could be: “The Magical Power of Headlines.”  During my time in Vietnam, I took a wrong turn down the wrong street. Within a few steps, a girl had split off from her group of friends and approached me. To say this young lady was scantily clad would be […]

Rejection sucks. Period. Whether it’s in the dating world or the writing world, the word “no” carries a particular sting. Every writer is familiar with the phrase, “We regret to inform you…” That’s the point when you stop reading, add it to your pile of letters, and get back to […]

I’m not good enough for the work I’m currently doing. I never can be. Why? Because the same moment I become ‘good enough’ is the moment I become lazy. Your work should always challenge you. For the longest time, I didn’t find my work particularly challenging. It may have been time […]

A strange trend has claimed the modern world, one that I too am guilty of: bragging about how busy you are. Rather than focus on completing tasks and actually being productive, we take a sort of masochistic pride in a heavy workload. I know this from experience; even now, writing […]

Writing as a craft has existed from the first moments man discovered how to scratch symbols into wood and stone. Since that time we have sought to master it and tighten our grasp on the Muse, only to find she is far more slippery than anticipated. As with any skill, a person […]