“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.” –Buddha Fear and failure When I came up with idea for this series of posts, I was most looking forward to fear. Fear is something that can change us. With fear it adds another layer to who we are, …
Tag Archive: Arts
Dec 31
How I Improved In 2012.
When I was younger I wrote for the enjoyment of writing. I got nothing from it, I didn’t do it to see how far I could go with it or what kind of money I could make doing it. I did it only for the writing. A few things have occurred to me this year. I …
Dec 14
When Blogging Connects
When I write this blog it’s in the hope that I reach someone, that my words somehow get across the blogosphere and connect with a reader. My blog post on Monday the 10th was one of those posts. My wife always posts a link to my blog. Every post I’ve written, unless she’s sick, it’s on …
Nov 14
The Story That Won’t Go Away.
There’s always that idea that comes to you, or came to you a while ago. The one you know you should write, but there’s the research to do and there’s other things you need before starting it. I wrote about this idea on my post for The Today Voice, you can read it here. I had …
Nov 02
All In The Author’s Mind
When I wake its blackness, smoke-filled rooms, chaotic creatures crawling up through the sidewalk. These things come to me, they fill my soul, penetrate my mind with putrid dreams of creatures that are always here, always close. It’s not so much the blackness as it’s an absence of light, devoid of the things we call …
Oct 26
On The Road With My Darker Self.
It crawls in, permeating and grabbing hold of your insides. Its claws waiting for the chance to spring out, waiting for the day you’re ready. This is what it feels like, at least to me, when a dark story pops into my brain. I know these dark stories better than the other ones, the dark ones …
Oct 12
Letter To Daniel, A Character Sheet.
This post is something different for me. I’m doing it from a character point of view to his younger self. I’ve never tried this kind of blog post before, but I’ll enjoy sharing it. * Hello Daniel, I’m not sure if you’ll read this, but I’m writing it anyway. You should be about seventeen, in your …
Oct 08
I Love My Dark Little Family
I’ve learned through my writing and through the books, TV shows and movies that I like, I’m a very dark individual. I’m not sure where all the dark comes from, but my writing is better for it. I think about things, things that maybe I shouldn’t. I write stories that scare my wife. I wrote poetry …
Oct 05
Lost Journey
We think of being lost as something about our mind, our soul or our physical person. Being lost has many things to it. When a person is in a coma, are they still there or is their mind wandering, like Alice. When we die does our soul take a journey to someplace. When our physical …
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