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Yes, Virginia, there is a writer's block
I’ve been meaning to write about this one for a while. It’s been scratching at me, like an uncut tag in a new shirt. Maybe you’ve seen some version of…
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Our bodies, themselves
Living in flesh in the digital age
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Of novel reading and other sins
Some thoughts on trance
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Writing tips & tricks for all seasons
Getting started, breaking blocks, and keeping the flow
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Who told you to be a machine?
A resolution against resolutions
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On owning the work
I spent this morning writing about a thousand words for nothing and nobody. That’s a lie — I spent this morning writing a thousand words for me. For a…
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The "Write Every Day" industrial complex
Some notes on productivity and creativity
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Against discipline
And for play!
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On numbness
...and the pleasure of feeling sad
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Can we have too much mental health?
I am on a break from social media right now, so I’m doing old fashioned things like reading newspapers on Sunday morning over a breakfast of sesame…
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A thing worse than envy
The costs of ignoring the creative urge
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In defense of criticism
It happens with regularity. A newly published book will receive a negative or even a mixed review in a major newspaper or magazine (the New York Times…
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Writing and fear
Five easy steps on one hard road
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Speaking Things
An old way of writing something new
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the process
the process
creative living in a distracted age
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