My Writing Companion
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 there with...
Slow Down
I live in Bellevue, Washington, but my health club I go to every morning is in Redmond, Washington, about 10 miles east of me via Highway 520. I usually go quite early in the mornings, around 5 a.m. I find the world is much slower at this time. However, occasionally I...
My Go-To Writing Coffee Mug
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 for me....
Knowing The Essence of Your Business
Earlier this week, my wife went on a short trip and stayed at at a downtown boutique hotel in Victoria, B.C. Unfortunately, on the last evening of her stay she found her door open and ajar twice. Her room door had an electronic key without an internal physical...
Creativity And The Pareto Principle
The Pareto Principle (roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes: a.k.a. the 80/20 rule) is a mental model that I use for my day-to-day work. But I wonder, is it applicable to the creative aspect of writing? For example, for the craft of writing, I firmly...
Be Like Disney: Market Yourself
My ambivalence toward Disney is well known (see my post; My Disney Ambivalence), but my gosh, I am in awe of their ability to retool content and amplify their brand. Look at this "Glacier Grape Scented Bubble Bath" in the context of their movie Frozen! Tear free—i.e....
What’s The Difference Between “Author” and “Writer”?
I don't know and I don't care. But what I do know is that if I am spending any 'neuron-energy" pondering this question then I am sure as heck not writing! For me, it's simply a meaningless, procrastination rabbit-hole (like this post?).
A Fond Farewell To My Disabled Parking Placard
This week I cut up my 2 month-old disabled parking placard. Since I am several weeks out from my hip replacement I no longer need it. For the short time I had my placard, it was helpful, especially with shopping. Yet despite this, I had mixed feeling using it. I...
Get Back: A Must Watch Documentary For Leaders
Anyone who is a creative, works with creatives, manages creatives, or leads creatives—which should be just about everyone—needs to watch the Peter Jackson documentary The Beatles: Get Back on the Disney Channel. Here we see the dynamics of four very special people...
Time and Positivity
I feel quite positive about my life over next 5 years. I don’t feel very positive about my life over the next 50 years. (I will most certainly be dead!) I don’t feel at all positive about the stability of human society over the next 100 years. (Global warming,...