If February wasn’t a half-baked month already with 28 days, every 4 years we duct tape another day on the calendar to mess with folks. It just proves, after all these years, our understanding and measurement of time is flawed. Quick, which months have 31 days? And don’t get me started on Daylight Savings

If you didn’t read my The Hemingway Experiment, do so now. Thanks. So this is a raw, unfooled around with first draft to a story I wrote after a few glasses of tequila last night. No prep, no notes, no idea until I sat down at the Macbook. I just wrote. After reading through it

I came across this quote from Ernest Hemingway: Write drunk; edit sober. I don’t subscribe to this process but it makes sense, sort of. Enjoying your favorite drink does a few things. For one, it puts you in a good mood. But it also lets your mind discover interesting connections deep inside those forgotten places

Something happens to your thinking when you hit a certain age. You realize that what you’ve been avoiding is now what you want to do. For me, that’s writing short stories and novels. I became a copywriter because I didn’t want to write news articles, essays or novels. You know, that long grinding sort of

We all feel it. That nag, deep down, tugging on our hearts, saying we can be great. For most of us, we simply ignore it and move on with life. Don’t ignore it. Listen. And be great, not just good, at what you do. Here’s a Purina Pro Plan ad that reminds us that we

Don’t you wish fallin in love was this easy

I’m a writer. And I procrastinate. A lot. Why? I’m not sure. Perhaps I’m waiting for my muse to show up with donuts. According to Stephen King and Steven Pressfield, your muse only shows up after YOU start doing. Whatever it is you do, want to do, need to do —DO IT! Bring the donuts,

  Are you at work? Look around your desk/cubicle/office. Pick one thing and ask yourself why is it there. Do you use it often? Will you use it today, this week, this month? If it’s not work related, why do you have it? What would happen if you threw it away—removed it from your life?

First it’s awesome then… POW! it gets awesome-er with an unexpected Triple Lindy dovetail back into the VW “The Force” spot. Flippin genius

Letterpress is an awesome art form. For the folks passionate enough to make letterpress their life, I thank you. I think you’ll have a new appreciation for letterpress after watching this