Blogging – Whys and Wherefores
I came to the Internet fairly early. I was on several of the early bulletin board services with my very slow modem back during the dark ages before the Internet was invented. Then I joined AOL. How exciting was that? (Yes, I still have my AOL account all these many years later. I have my [...]
Be a Tree
There is an exercise that is often taught in acting classes, and most actors hate it. They not only hate it, they deride it and spend countless years after their initial training parodying it and using it as an example of why it’s completely useless to study acting. That exercise is to “Be a Tree.” [...]
Write What You See, Not What You Think You See
I took a drawing class once, not sure from whom, I was in high school at the time, where the teacher said, “Draw what you see, not what you think you see.” After a moment to process this, my drawing improved unbelievably quickly. I was drawing a face at the time. I had put a [...]
Having To
Having to write rather than wanting to write can be a marvelous thing. Having to write whether you want to or not. I’m not talking about some person shaking a finger at you and making you sit at your computer, I’m talking about the powerful obsession where every cell in your body screams out that [...]
You Can’t Eat the Menu
You can’t eat the menu. That’s not original. I heard it years ago, but I couldn’t begin to tell you where. Another version of it is, “The map is not the road”. That which symbolizes something is not the thing itself. When stated like this, it seems obvious, but we often mistake the symbol for [...]
Creating a Rich Environment
Where are you? Go ahead, look around. What do you see? What do you hear? What does the air feel like? Smell like? What are you touching, and what’s touching you? It feels real, doesn’t it? It should because it’s what we call reality. Now, think of a place you’ve been – on vacation or [...]
When We Fear Praise
I have often heard a variation of the comment that someone doesn’t trust or can’t accept praise. A good friend recently went as far as to say, “Don’t tell me I’m special, I don’t want to hear it.” There are many reasons to have this attitude: Not believing you could be special Thinking that whoever [...]
Look After Your Gnome
We all have gnomes that follow us around and pop up at the most inopportune time. Some of yours might be named “I’m Just Not Good Enough” or “They Must Know Better Than Me” and “I’m Not Capable”. A writer might have a gnome called “No One Would Care About What I Have to Say” [...]
Writing Novels
Besides Weeping Willow, the book I wrote with Steve Mancini, I have written three novels (at least one of which should be published this year, a science fiction odyssey called Guardian Mosaic.) I am in the process of mapping out another one right now. While doing it, I am taking a sort of omniscient view [...]
Obsessive Much?
I often talk about the need to get stuff done as opposed to getting it done perfectly. The whole, “do you want it perfect or do you want it on Tuesday” philosophy is an apt one. Besides the notion that perfect isn’t possible, it can drive one crazy when one tries to reach it. Okay, [...]
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