In 2017, after deeply focusing on my 12th book, The Writer’s Toy Chest, I seriously needed a break. I spent much of the following day...

If you are bored with something after two minutes, keep doing it for four minutes. If you stay bored, do it for eight, then sixteen...

During the 24 hours we are allotted daily, each of us is more productive at certain times than others. To set ourselves up for peak...

A big part of managing energy for peak performance is letting go of workhorse mentality: you must take breaks. Otherwise you flame out....

What one does is what counts, not what one had the intention of doing. Pablo Picasso Show Up Scenario: you think about setting out for...

Grant yourself permission. To not wash dishes, do laundry, answer every email, take the call every time the phone rings, text back every...

Trust them. Make nice. Don’t denigrate, suppress or spend too much time analyzing them. Rather, befriend and use them to advantage....

When you make music or write or create, it’s really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is...

◊ ◊ ◊ Not everything that can be counted matters and not everything that matters can be counted. William Bruce Cameron ◊ ◊ ◊ Page count,...

The purse. Women love to buy them, talk about them, and brag about their attributes. We compliment each other on them, ask if we can...

Gina Greenlee photo: Whale watching on New Zealand’s Kaikoura Coast, June 2000 ◊ ◊ ◊ Years ago, while still new in my journey of teaching...

Get Excited Often, when we set out to “WRITE” we stumble because we are removed from the writing itself. We approach it like a 10th grade...

Fortune Magazine, December 2016 issue; How to Lead Like Zuck by Adam Lashinsky: “Ideas typically do not just come to you,” said Mark...

So what if your idea isn’t “new.” Don’t be afraid to take a new swing at an old ball. The 1937 Hungarian play, Parfumerie by Miklos...

It is more interesting to do things with sincerity and a certain quirkiness,” said late, renowned chef Charlie Trotter. “With perfection,...

There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from...

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Prolific without Pain: Chillax Into Your Best Writing Ever Joyful writing doesn’t come from sitting erect at a computer for hours or in a...

A simple woman. A simple plan: Set a trap. Catch a man. Catch a man reel him in. Scrape his gills, crack his fin. Chop his head off rut...

To This Day I Remember Wanting to Strangle M. Strickland Hands around throat, breath on the choke. My bulbous eyes took his butt by...