How to Fake Your Own Death So You Can Write

…And Why You’d Want To Maybe I should qualify that: How to fake your own death if you’re stifled / frustrated / stuck in your creative life. Here’s a four-stage process I recommend: 1. Before the how, consider the why 2. Rate your days, alien-style 3. Analyze & prioritize 4. Remove & replace Stage 1: Before …

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How to Build Your Creative Ecosystem

Quote attributed to either John F Kennedy (1917-1963) or Gail Devers (1966-). In the last Postcard I was all over the idea of having a creative ecosystem for yourself, so you can make the thing you want to make. Brace yourself for some possibly weird suggestions on how to set one up!  Personally, I used to …

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My Old Friend, Resistance

NaNoWriMo bites back! Thursday Postcard Every time I engage with the writing event known as NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), it goes sideways pretty much immediately. For those who’ve never heard of NaNoWriMo, it’s a massive undertaking by thousands of people who get together online in various ways and attempt to write a novel in the …

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