To even get to the other side of fear, you have to trust. You have to trust that no matter what happens, you’ll be able to handle it. That you’ll be okay. That you’re going to survive. And thrive! To get to the other side of fear, you have to Read more
Here at Bennu’s, trying to get ready for client work (I do freelance editing, writing, proofreading). It’s taken me a bit. I feel like I’ve dicked around a bunch. But what is wrong with dicking around? Just who inside me wants to get me in trouble for dicking around? And Read more
My mind is mush. But I’m posting something here just to keep my blogging streak alive. If I press “Publish”, it’ll have been 17 consecutive days in a row since I set out to write and publish here for 30-days for my own DIY Writing Challenge. I had no plan Read more
I am the still of the dangling leaves in the hot sunI am the man who is old and shirtless yet runs hardI am the dirt path between the trees, edging the lakeI am the turquoise blue of Barton Springs creekI am the green grass of Zilker ParkI am the Read more
The solution to problematic stories, both at the level of craft and at the level of human experience, is empathy. – Brandon Taylor – from article he wrote in LitHub I just finished reading. I think to be a good writer, you have to have a certain level of empathy. Read more
Do something enough times, and you’ll start to crave it. That’s what’s happening with Vipassana and strength training and workout classes, plus my favorite slow walks. And it’s happened in the past with being keto-adapted, because it FEELS so damn good! I’m even starting to feel that with writing. And Read more
Here writing “with Tiff,” though, she’s not really here. I just left her a voicemail letting her know I’ve started. I’m grateful for her inviting me to meditate (for me: Vipassana) and write. I’m obviously more than ready because I’m starting to crave this time for myself. This time to Read more
Learning to let something be “good enough” is a practice of trust. At a certain point in your process, you have to let go and trust that a piece of writing, a parenting situation, whatever you’re working on, is good enough. As a recovering perfectionist with ADHD who still struggles Read more
My trigger, I’ve realized is being rushed. Feeling pressured. My triggers often involve pace. Yet surprisingly, pace as the portal to peace can be a balm to frayed nerves. That is, the act of slowing down your pace. Until you reach a point where time doesn’t exist. You’ve forgotten time. Read more
Magic Hour is for Writing It’s really lovely getting up before the city has awakened. When it’s pitch black, then faint orange horizon just above the Austin city line. From my apartment balcony, I can see, on the far left, the sun slowly rising above the capital. A band of Read more