I draft books by talking into my phone. It isn't a shortcut. It's thirty years of youth groups, conference rooms and Toastmasters finally getting a pen that fits.
Tag: creative process
More Muscle Than Magic
For years I sat in coffee shops waiting for the muse, and it showed up every time. That's when I realized it was never the muse.
To Miami and Back
A man in the Florida panhandle once drove to Miami and back with a tape recorder and mailed himself a course. Friday I've got five hours to Texas and a phone.
Out Of Stuff To Say
Some nights I sit down to write and there's nothing there. I check the top of my head, find it empty, and conclude I've run dry. Forty-seven years of material and the drawer's bare. Nothing worth anybody's time. This has been happening my whole life. What's different now is that I've stopped believing it. Here's … Continue reading Out Of Stuff To Say
