Go Hard or Go Home vs Softly Softly

Writing advice online. There’s a ton of it out there, and seeing as I’m not writing a book at present, I thought I’d spend some time looking at it. Talk about falling down the rabbit hole! I think I lost a week or two. (What year is this?) But it was...

Season’s turn

I took a little walk down the back of our property yesterday, and was struck by the majesty of our chestnut trees: they’re full-size, beautiful, and their leaves are turning. Then I thought: It’s been a year since my photoshoot for new pics for this...

New post on Medium

Yo! My new article is up on Medium. It might be familiar to you if you’ve read my post on urgency and using it as a kick-along to get your Big Thing done. If you’ve not read it before, click here to read. (and go write your...

Different

It’s popping up again and again in my life lately. People pointing out what my family and I do differently, as though I didn’t know it myself. My son has long hair. Different! My daughter just cut all of hers off and dyed a streak of it turquoise – and yes I helped....

Your MTR (and what this actually is)

I think we’ve all been there: The paralysis that can happen when you sit to write, or think about writing, and suddenly you think of them. All of the people who have ever made fun of you, criticized you, made you feel small. Add in all of the people who you think do...