I’m just here to write, man. I waffle on what exactly it is that I want to do with my writing. I like the prospect of writing online — I get quick feedback, and honestly, that often establishes and keeps momentum. However, I am afraid of what writing online might be doing to my writing. When I was… Read More »Dear Medium: I Just Want to Write and Get Better At It, Can You Help Me?
It’s Oppression. So let’s call it that — and stop giving the #alllivesmatter crowd ammo for their rebuttals. image credit: Julia Craven (https://curlycrayy.com/2014/09/29/reverse-racism-isnt-a-thing-yall/) Like many bleeding-heart liberals who were born Caucasian in America, I spent a decent amount of time this weekend reading and gathering information about the terrible tragedies in Minnesota and Louisiana. I spent some… Read More »Let’s Stop Calling it “Racism” and Call It What it Really Is
For the past few decades, I’ve lived in areas where there was enough light pollution to effectively drown out the stars in the night sky. But last Fall, my wife, daughter, and I moved out to what is almost a rural township. There is an interstate about 3 miles away, and a main road about… Read More »Tonight, I Looked Up at the Stars
An Ode to the Morning Person’s Little Helper Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/deapeajay/3046121538 Every morning when I wake up, you’re there. Sure, you take a little coaxing to come out of your shell. You need to be warmed up, stirred, and caressed into waking up. But when you do wake up, you stir in me all sorts of wonderful… Read More »Dat First Cup, Doe
Some people aren’t free, and aren’t successful — and no amount of books, articles, and seminars will change that. America’s Independence Day has brought with it a slew of self-help/inspirational drivel having to do with “freedom”. I saw a few pop up in my feed, and even read a few. Meh. Today, though, one popped up in my… Read More »What Self-Help and Inspirational Writers Might Never Want to Admit
So can our Medium writers please just act accordingly? The work is slow and difficult. I’ve been on Medium for just over a year now. I try to split my time between reading and writing. I write about creativity, productivity, and generally just trying to be a better person. I try to read the same… Read More »You Know What? Succeeding is Actually Hard.
On June 20, I finally saw it in my feed. Two posts from two well-known writers popped up in my feed. They were basically the same: Is this what it’s come to on Medium? Is this what I’ve been “missing” in the past 3 weeks or so since I’ve been gone? Shit. This isn’t a… Read More »It’s Happened: Medium Posts Have Repeated Themselves
credit: pexels.com This morning, I decided to give myself exactly 10 minutes to write — no more, no less. I would write what I was thinking, delete only typos, and keep moving. Below is what came out of that process. There is something so magical about the first cup of coffee in the morning. It’s like a… Read More »I Gave Myself 10 Minutes This Morning
Part 19 of the Oblique Strategies Series This is part of a series, running through 2016, in which your faithful fool randomly selects one of Eno and Schmidt’s “Oblique Strategies” and writes a meditation upon it. For background on the series and the strategies, please read the series introduction. The Oblique Strategies are copyright Brian… Read More »Your Creation Is an Instrument
Week 15 of the Oblique Strategies Series This is part of a series, running through 2016, in which your faithful fool randomly selects one of Eno and Schmidt’s “Oblique Strategies” and analyzes and interprets it. For background on the series and the strategies, please read the series introduction. Creative work encounters roadblocks at all different… Read More »Is It Finished?
