Solitude Smacks

Solitude Smacks Occasionally there are days (like these) that fall upon me with all their weight, blind me with the reality that only a slight shift in perception would prove my life is not one, in fact, of freedom and whimsy, but one instead of isolation and...

Book Proposals, Feelings, and Anticharities

Book Proposals, Feelings, and Anticharities With romance, travel, and creative work, much of my time lately has been spent in the world of feelings. (Ugh, I know.) It’s a subjective place full of supposed intuition, consideration for others, and self-doubt toward this...

Reaching a Stalemate with Creativity

Reaching a Stalemate with Creativity When you set out on a creative quest—writing a book, biking cross-country, starting a business—you’re told it will take longer than expected. Somehow, you think the experience of others won’t quite hold true for you…...

Being in a Relationship with Yourself

Being in a Relationship with Yourself Does everything that feels creative eventually fall to a place that feels dead? My love for writing has grown disproportionately to my ability to understand what I’m doing along this timeline of being a writer. This time last...