If you've got momentum, keep it! Because once you give it up you will have to expend ten times the energy to get it back. How many times have I said "write every day?" Probably a lot, but, I am trying to write every day here... and it bears repeating! If you don't write tomorrow, …
Painting with words
I imagine sometimes that writing descriptively must be like painting, though I've not done much painting in my life. You get an idea in your head, and you choose the right colors, the right palate, the right style, to get the image you want across. Is finding the right word like finding the right color …
Older than I’ve ever been
And now I'm even older... My birthday was on Friday, and they just keep coming quicker. One day I'll wake up and be 50, then another I'll wake up and be dead. Just like your birthday, you have a death-day that you pass each year. A future anniversary of your demise. Which day could it …
Trading instincts for intelligence
I thought the other day about how animals know what to eat and how to find it, seemingly from birth. Do animals accidentally eat poisonous or harmful things? It doesn't seem like it. But we humans, we don't know how to eat, how to catch food, how to prepare it, until we're taught. We don't …
Endless stories
There are so many books out there I'll never read. So many characters I'll never know, places I'll never imagine, idea's I'll never entertain. Imagining this infinite landscape of fiction gives me a sense of exploration and openness--anything-is-possible-ness--that I used to get from playing open world video games. The slight sadness that I'll never get to …
Jonas David 