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What Is Important?
There is an uncomfortable truth that many of us are confronted with when speaking about our dreams or desires: it is that what is important is what we spend our time doing. Taken another way, it means that if you aren’t taking the time to commit to actions around a dream or desire, then it…
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A Short Push
Yep. I’m going to give it a try. Publishing, that is. Short stories. Novellas. Novelettes. All of it. Instead of worrying about how others do it, have done it, or if these things are good enough, I am going to do it. To start, I am going to release “The Farm” (this title may change;…
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Words to Ponder #12
“There is no time in history where the people who were censoring speech were the good guys.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. There are a number of reasons why one might want another person’s speech to be censored. Ultimately, though, it is most often for the reason that one cannot defend their own ideas against that…
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Strikes and Pen Strokes
A lot is going about in the halls of social media and the news regarding the strikes between writers and actors. Both of the overarching organizations, the Writer’s Guild and the Actor’s Guild, announced then executed their strikes — all spurred by the growing disparities between what members of these groups get for their work…
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Words to Ponder #11
“History books as kids get older are all about facts, they’re all about punching holes in things, in showing how the heroes of the past were all racists and hypocrites.” Ryan Holiday – from the “Daily Dad” email July 17, 2023 This one strikes me, given how so much of today’s world seems to focus…