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Continue reading →: A visit to Paradise: The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
There is no friend as loyal as a book. — Ernest Hemingway Let’s define “a good weekend.” It includes a Saturday during which you get to freely roam through fully stocked rare book dealer booths from rare book dealers from across the nation and some of Europe. Why is that…
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Continue reading →: Lessons from life’s speedbumps
So there I was at the start of September, full of ideas for writing experiments to stay in writing shape. Three new blog posts in the works. Pages upon pages of ideas for more. Then the flood gates of life opened and priorities took the stage. Some things took a…
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Continue reading →: Writing Condition Experiment #1: Mucking with my noise levels
Everything moves way too fast. — PSY In a previous post, I announced my intention of experimenting with my writing conditions. I tinkered with the idea of just writing posts about the results. But seriously, where’s the fun in that? Instead, I’m going to post the actual writing so you…
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Continue reading →: Rubber Ducky has a face
There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. ― Ansel Adams For the longest time, I’ve avoided putting my picture on the Internet. And is it any wonder, considering my family? My dad thinks that Pinterest is the government’s way of stealing our ideas and that…
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Continue reading →: 5 Creative Myths, Busted
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m sometimes insecure as a writer. But lately, I’ve had some eye-opening conversations with my fellow creatives. Guess what I kept hearing… Everyone else seems so calm, cool and collected. I’m always so nervous. How do people come up with this stuff? They’re…

