7-40 Challenge | Round 5 Day 3 I sat down to work on the novel tonight and didn't write a single sentence of it. I spent the whole session working out how the major threads connect — how one specific character has to move through the story to get where she needs to end up. … Continue reading The Route
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The Surgery
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 14 I used to think that when I finished writing something, I was done. The story was out. The work was complete. Move on to the next thing. That was shortsighted and a little arrogant. I'm sitting in a coffee shop tonight working on the editorial pass for my … Continue reading The Surgery
In Search of Soho People
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 11 Malcolm Gladwell opens The Tipping Point with the story of Hush Puppies. A dying shoe brand — almost pulled from production — that exploded into a national trend because a handful of kids in Soho started wearing them. The company didn't cause it. They nearly killed the brand. … Continue reading In Search of Soho People
No More Excuses
Ten days ago I signed up for an AI music tool called Suno. On a whim, I uploaded some songs I’d written over the years — lyrics, melodies, composition notes — and let it arrange them into full productions. What came back stopped me cold. Not because the AI was impressive. Because my stuff was … Continue reading No More Excuses
The Lie
Somewhere around age eighteen, most of us were told to pick. Pick a major. Pick a career. Pick a direction. And the unspoken rule underneath all of it was that whatever you picked, that was it. That was your life. You chose wrong? Tough. You chose right but lost interest? Too bad. The conveyor belt … Continue reading The Lie
