by Matthew Rehrl MD | Book Reviews, Writing Habits
My book, Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies For Every Writer, is falling apart. It’s binding on the spine is torn halfway up, and this tear extends through several pages. It has stains and has been “dog-eared” throughout. It’s a book on the last leg of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
It’s necessary to be knowledgable and interested about the tools of your craft. But, if your interest in the tools of your craft exceed your interest in the craft itself, you may have a problem. (In my case, I need to be careful I don’t become too interested in the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
I’ll often tweet about how our little cat. Roo, interrupts my writing—usually by standing on my keyboard or journal. But truth be told, he is a lovely writing companion. He is an ever present part of my morning writing routine from 6 am through 11 am—always...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | RAVEN, Writing Habits
One of my go-to writing coffee mugs has a raven-inspired Native American design on it (see above). It acts as a reminder for me to work on my raven-inspired work of fiction: The Raven Singularity. Is this a trick? Sure. But it does work, and that’s good enough...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
I go to a writers conference every week, in Hawaii. How do I get there? I get there by walking into my front office, putting my “Do Not Disturb” sign on my home office door handle, sitting down at my desk, and finally clicking on the 4 pm Zoom link for the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
I had an interesting dream last night. (Note: The only thing that I find more boring than someone else’s dream is the person that tells them, so I apologize beforehand). I was at a work event composed of two start-up companies I have worked with recently. This event...
