Archive for the insecurity Tag

Letter to an Anonymous Author

“I am a writer. Therefore, I am not sane.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Dear X, I appreciated your note, my friend. And I’m grateful for it. I’ve seen your struggle and I know how hard you’re working to progress and capture everything well, and also accept help. I knew your journey would be a special challenge, and while your issues
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Stay In the Process

I received a reply email from an author. “Looks like I have my work cut out for me,” she wrote. She’d been a client for several months and I’d sent my final edit laying out several things she’d need to do before and after sending it to the publisher. Yes, you do have your work cut out, I wanted to
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Living the Art: The Make-Over Edition

This writing thing, it takes so long to learn. Actually, it takes so long to heal and develop better habits. Maybe that’s the nature of making art: it has to make you over first. Sometimes I think I’ve figured something out only to realize I haven’t captured the most important part. Sometimes I think I should be more practical and
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