The Karate Kid's tournament is twenty minutes. Everything people quote is in the other hundred. What the boring parts of a movie taught me about the boring parts of a life.
Tag: writing
The Pen That Fits My Hand
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.
Whose Book Is It?
A commenter told me that using AI at all means I'm not being creative. Here's where I think the real line is, and exactly where I stand on it.
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.
The Shelf
Every movie I can quote by heart is about somebody being redeemed. I've never seen the one with Redemption in the title. A quiz, two lists, and a collection I hadn't checked.
