Complex emotions.

“Our agency agreement is terminated.” Those words are the period on the end of a three-year sentence: one year to get the agent, one year to work on Blood Orchids to her satisfaction, one year to try to sell it. This last year was the hardest one, as I...

The myth of more time and getting sh*t done

Sometimes less time is more, especially as a writer or artist. These creative endeavors seem to come built in with procrastionation, distractibility, self sabotage and other wastage. I recently tried to shed some of my work to make more time for my writing, but it...

Kids should read more. Adults too.

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a book in a kid's hands. It's kind of a visceral thing, because books are one of the finest things we've done as a species. I have some new adolescent clients, and when the kid showed up at my office with a book in his...

In praise of the Stay-cation.

Renaissance Man and I decided to grab a week of vacation before the summer ends, and after freaking out over the interisland fares (we miss you Aloha Airlines! You helped create some competition!) we decided to do a stay-cation and do it up here on Maui like the...

Not sure when I became a photographer, but… enter the Iphone.

I just wrote a long thing, and then deleted it. It was boring, the usual rant by a converted nontech pagan to the gospel of Apple. But truly, I never expected the iPhone to ignite my developing obsession with photography with a modality that was incredibly easy,...

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