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 […]
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 […]
A Stairway to Heaven and Hawkgirl
There’s a myth of creativity that it is some independent thought, radically a departure from any other idea that comes before it. This myth actually restricts us from both finding an audience for our creative work and constrains us too much from doing our work. In reality, all creative work […]
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. https://media.blubrry.com/sliceofapppie/p/content.blubrry.com/sliceofapppie/03_01_Bandaids_TK3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS