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DIY writing retreat

go where the audience is

on getting back to work

on enjoying the aftertaste

the light that burns twice as bright

welcome to the forge

on noticing and the fallacy of obviousness

against the default mode of expression

writing to please yourself, writing to please others, and writing to raise Yog-Sothoth from the Nameless Mists…

I’d have written a better one this week if I’d had the right desk

to get unstuck on your next project, start with a frame

calling for a renaissance

why you should never, ever finish your book

be patient and pay close attention

publish till you can’t publish no more

compare and despair—with flair

tuck yourself in to write your cozy masterpiece

adios, zeitgeist—or should I say auf wiedersehen

capturing creative genius like a Dyson Sphere

tone, pacing, and the occasional magic axe

on text with texture and getting essential with the extraneous

coping with writing’s bitter aftertaste

creativity is overrated

in which I make a public call for the formation of a secret society

waterlogged

I love to see people being dangerous

stop outlining, start inlining

the magic of write-by-numbers

learning to be a pro

the holy trinity of palm pilot, flip phone, and ipod

taking the social media babies out of the social media bathwater

I don’t believe in subject lines anymore—it’s the maven game, OK?

cobbler, stick to your last

the awkward power of actual community

craftspersonship and sauntering buff-models

the power move