What Elsa taught me about using my talents
Have you ever felt afraid to use your talent? Have you hesitated to do something you’re passionate about while others are watching? Or...
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It’s been a while!
On January 4, 2020, I told some friends and family that I’m writing a novel and invited them to read along as I wrote it. Between that...
The Best Way to Reduce Stress Is Work
This afternoon, I scrolled through the Design column on my team’s project board, at all the tasks assigned to me, and felt that old...
"It is what it is," Part 2: Weakening negative triggers through positive exposure
As I wrote in my previous post, several years ago I worked at a toxic company. My boss, himself not a toxic guy, frequently said, "It is...
"It is what it is": Misleading and maltraining the mind
Several years ago, I worked at a toxic company. My boss, himself not a toxic guy, frequently said, "It is what it is." I strongly dislike...
Stone Soup
The other morning I learned that Audible was providing free children's stories for a while due to the pandemic. For whatever reason, the...
The Upside of Pain and the Imperatives of Privilege
Tonight, I saw American Graffiti for the first time. I had heard of the film over the years and have always been intrigued by George...
Jigsaw creation
Creating a piece of communication—a story, scene, essay, presentation, lesson—is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. 1. Dump The first...
Snowflake by Snowflake
When I watch snow begin to fall and stick on blades of grass and tree branches and sidewalks, I marvel that these tiny individual...
Topical Markup Language (TML) Manifesto
| Topical Markup Language Topical Markup Language (TML) is a markup language that interprets and renders certain bits of text as...
Get Your Face Wet
If you want to learn something—a topic, an instrument, a sport, a language—how do you start? My answer is: get your face wet. The story...
What Can You Write?
Just as you can draw what you see with your eyes, and you can draw when you see with your mind's eye, you can write what you observe with...
Should . . . so that
I should wear a mask. I should wear a seatbelt. I should exercise. We say these statements in our minds all the time. They are sometimes...
A Fast Food Experience in the Future
With the coronavirus pandemic forcing restaurants to adjust how they provide food for their patrons, I wondered tonight what eating out...
The story is not in the words
The concept of the web browser helps me understand how fiction works. But first, a quick story: Caroline crept toward the kitchen...
Our Disney Day
Just like you, we're in quarantine. And just like you, life is a lot different these days. Perhaps like you, we're not sending our...
Petit à Petit
Tonight, my brain fried from work and in a fog from a lasting pandemic, I pulled out my iPad and did a quick painting. Visual art and...
Why don't books have deluxe editions?
When selling an ebook, why not offer two versions: A normal version A deluxe version with more material, such as extra chapters, an...
Consume to Create
The other day I had an insight. I don’t remember where it came from, just that it put my entire life into such a simple framework that I...
Morbid Compassion
We've all seen it. A car crashed on the shoulder of a freeway. Police cars near it. Officers are still standing there, filling out paper...
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