Creative Bypassing: Grist for the Mill
I’d like to make a confession. On Sunday mornings, I sit in church internally spinning…
A Moment that Matters
I’ve heard sculptors say that, when a piece isn’t working, the best way forward isn’t…
When the Creative Beaver Dam Bursts
Unsurprisingly, these days I’ve been pondering the word “release”. Prisoners are released from jail, butterflies…
The Courage to Ask for Help
As I begin the bizarrely self-referential work of releasing The Release, I’m test-driving the teachings I…
Here’s a peek into THE RELEASE, which comes out this October!
Your writing projects are your babies. Sometimes you dream about them before conception; sometimes they emerge…
What can dancing teach us about writing?
Do you ever feel self-conscious on the page? A shout-out to the Brevity blog for…
This Queer Divine Dissatisfaction
In preparing to launch The Release this October, I’m dizzied by the ironies of releasing a book…
Last Regrets
On a weekly basis, one client or another will tell me, “If I wind up…
Celebration on the Altar of the World
Well, friends, my decades-long obsession with revision has reached a new extreme. I’ve shamelessly messed with…
Flourishing in Creativity’s Gift Economy
A few years ago I submitted an essay to an anthology of queer Minnesotan writing….
“Let it go! Let it go!”
Years ago I coached a Buddhist priest in the development of his memoir. Unlike most beginners,…
Writing in the Cloud of Privacy & Unknowing
Perhaps because my first big writing project gave me room to articulate my sexual longings,…