A friend of mine, who happens to be a writer, was a little concerned about an article she read recently: Two Quotes to consider from the article: But there’s another kind of poetry AI will have to beat—poetry as an art of brilliant accuracies, of reality redescribed in ways that […]
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The top 100 ÷ 10 + 1 Things I Learned in the Akimbo Creative Workshop:
I’ve spent since Late January in an Akimbo workshop for creativity. It was, to sat the least, an incredible experience, one I’d direct others to take. I learned a lot but much of it was introspective. So it is time for a top 10 list of what I learned. Keep […]
Own Your Demons
Since ancient times, there have been legends about demons. One legend comes to mind: If you know the name of a demon, you can own him. One variation of this story is, of Course, Rumplestilskin. He will grant you a wish for a high price, but you can break the […]
The Best Support is Human
I couldn’t stop laughing. I’d start to cry if I did For the third time in a week, a company I deal with has given us passwords easily and securely enough but forgot to tell us the User IDs. The passwords were the usual random jumble of characters and letters. […]
Cosplay, Coffee and Story
“How About We Cosplay together for C2E2” my wife asked me one day in the car while listening to our favorite sci-fi novel on an audio reading by the author. “You could be Ish, and I could be Bev,” she said. I’m still reeling from how much this would change […]
How to be a Dragon: The Blessings of Rejection
I got a rejection letter yesterday. The first thought in my head while reading it was a small, brilliant spark of excitement. This was a project I was very excited about and put several weeks of work to get right. It would launch me into new directions, turning my creativity […]
Fortune Favors the Prepared Mind
The last two weeks have been a whirlwind. Since the last time I sent you a post, I went to a convention and went on a vacation with no time to get to any writing. If you have been following this for any length of time, many of you know […]
The Marathon Runner’s Secret to High Performance
Saturday, I ran 9.3 miles (15 kilometers) training for my next race, the Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon in less than two weeks. I won’t be doing any heavy training after this run, although I still haven’t trained to 13.1 miles, the length of the race. There’s a reason […]
The Curse of the Sacred Band Aid Pile
Why is the quick fix so seductive? What happens when we get too involve in them? This week I talk about the real costs and the culture it creates. http://media.blubrry.com/sliceofapppie/p/content.blubrry.com/sliceofapppie/03_01_Bandaids_TK3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
The MiFitness Trails Story ( and why you are seeing a podcast)
Okay, so You’ve wandered onto a page with a whole bunch of podcasts even though you were looking for the Mifitness trails app stuff. Let me explain. You are in the right place. Things happened much faster than I ever thought would happen. This is a website I own that […]