The Great Pretender and the Portal to Remembering Who We Truly Are
I am a fiction writer who struggles with fiction. Even with a Masters of Fine Arts expressively devoted to the study of fiction. I wanted to study the land of m...
Category: writing
I Just Wrote Myself Out of a Funk
I woke up around 3am and haven’t been able to really go back to sleep. I’m here now at 6:26am about to virtually meet Julie to write via Zoom, physi...
Social Distancing in Austin, TX
The black grackle with the purple-green iridescent sheen ambles by closer to me, seated on a park bench facing Lady Bird Lake. She knows nothing of social dista...
Water the Seeds of Joy
“Let’s water the seeds of joy!” I just told my writer friend as we signed off our daily 5/5. It’s Saturday and it’s almost 7am, 6:...
Self Experimenting is the Key to Building New Habits
Now that I’ve successfully finished my 7-Day Wake Up at 5AM Challenge, I’ve decided to embark on another self-experiment: Waking up at 5:30 am for 3...
Reflections on My 7-Day 5AM Wake-Up Challenge
It’s Day 7 of my 7-day 5am Wake Up Challenge. I’m here up before dark, actually blogging. I guess it’s a substitute for my usual Morning Pages...
A New Writing Plan: A Year of Rejections Without Fear
My writing friend and I have a new plan. Now that we’ve been showing up daily for our novels and fiction, we’ve decided to start submitting our work...
More Morning Rambling: An Experiment with Rejection and Anxiety
It’s almost 7am and outside the once-black sky is now brightening into blue. I’ve been up since 5am on this Valentine’s Day morning. My show o...
Waking Up Early
I’m up early again. Day 3 of my 7-day challenge to wake up early at 5am. So far, I’m doing it! Can’t believe I’m up so early, but once I...
The Practice of Rejection Exposure
The other night I came across a fascinating account of a guy who decided to practice his exposure to rejection. His name is Jia Jiang, and for 100 days, he chal...