Seven of the characters in my latest novel, Between Now and Forever, are Indigo Children. I’m lucky. I write fiction. So it’s okay to think outside the box. Actually, my stories are better for it. I love what I learned about Indigo Children during my research. I don’t think it would hurt to keep this […]
For Readers
Eight Breaking Loose Secrets / The Right to Write
During my 3-mile walk this morning, I listened to an audio of The Right to Write, written and narrated by Julia Cameron, author of “The Artist’s Way” and “The Vein of Gold.” What an inspirational walk this turned out to be. The Right to Write (also available in book form) is a series of essays in which Julia “reveals the secrets of […]
Blogging: On Friendly Terms With Uncertainty
On year ago this month, I officially launched my blog, and last Friday, it received it’s 20,000th hit. By some blog standards, this may not count for much, but for me it’s a milestone, and I appreciate each and every person who stopped by for a visit. Today, I’m re-publishing my first blog post, in part […]
Elizabeth Gilbert On Nurturing Creativity
One last TED-talk-video, I felt you would enjoy, especially if you are a writer/creative. Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk. […]
Creativity is Not Magic, Everything is a Remix
Creativity is not magic. “Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.” – Albert Einstein As a writer, I wanted to share the following video about creativity, so you know that what we do as writers is hard work not magic. It starts out like this: “The […]
Meaning is the New Money, Enter the Conceptual Age
Get prepared for the Conceptual Age where meaning is the new money, says Daniel H. Pink in his book, A Whole New Mind, Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future. The future, according to Pink, belongs to a very different kind of mind than we value today. We are moving from the Information Age, which values logical, linear, […]
