Social Bookworms?

To be, or not to be … social. Or how social to be? For some odd reason, bookworms have gotten the reputation of being antisocial. See the following internet memes if you need any evidence:                   (and please...

Keep up then

I’ve had a little bug in my ear kicking about for the past few weeks. It landed when I listened to Milo’s first Micro-Podcast of May, and I’ve been struggling with it since then. I was struck by the phrase, “keep up,” a common enough one....

Are you asking a lot of yourself?

The pendulum has been swinging both ways in the conversation about creative work in recent years. There are many people trying to figure out how to do less, simplify their lives, and create a sustainable pace of life for themselves. I believe in this mission. There...

How Writers Live Alone, and It’s Marvelous

I recently gave myself a free pass to buy a heap of books. You know, for research purposes. One of the first I tore through was Sometimes the Magic Works, by Terry Brooks, which I bought from the Cannon Beach Book Company (of Cannon Beach, OR). It is a book about...