Some pearls are never found. They hide under the sand on the ocean floor. No one knows they’re there. But the pearl knows. — Mike White, “Enlightened” The distance you feel between yourself and others, even those closest to you, will never go away. The human experience, at its core, is about that chasm; not so much your willingness or refusal to come as close as you can to knowing others and being known, but what you do with the space that ... Read the Post...
Why Personal Growth Isn’t What You Think It Is
My house might remind the casual observer of an episode of Hoarders at any given time. It’s a nuisance to clean and I’m no homemaker so you’ll understand keeping things spic and span isn’t always my priority (Sorry, mum). Seriously, I’m one of those people you never just drop in on. If someone wants to come over, I need prep time.Now let me ask you this: what would happen if I never cleaned it?If your guess was an appearance fee from Hoarders, ... Read the Post...
Master Your Creative Growth With These 10 Ridiculously Simple Tips
Wherever you are on your creative journey, there are some tried and tried principles that will boost and/or maintain your creative pursuits and help you grow your craft and your skill as a creator. After over a decade of blogging, writing and being a small independent creator, here are the 10 biggest insights I can share:1. Give BackAs our own creative enterprises grow, we need to pull others up with us. And you don’t have to be at the top of the ... Read the Post...
10 Important Things You Should Know Before Self Publishing
So you want to self-publish your book. That’s awesome! These days, with the advent of platforms like Amazon KDP, Payhip, Smashwords and a ton of other services that make publishing more accessible for independent authors, it has never been easier to get your work in a reader’s hands (or their devices).However, as with most things that have become easier for people to do, that doesn’t mean self-publishing is easy, straightforward, and doesn’t ... Read the Post...