What is NaNoWriMo, Anyway? and Why You Should Give it a Try

What is NaNoWriMo, Anyway? and Why You Should Give it a Try

When people think of writing a novel, they picture long, solitary evenings spent at their desks in near-total darkness, their faces lit up from below by the screen of their laptops, cupping a steaming mug of tea as they consider the elegance of the last passage...
Your Core Values Hide in the Qualities You Admire in Others

Your Core Values Hide in the Qualities You Admire in Others

Marcus Aurelius opens his Meditations by reflecting on the qualities he admires in others. It’s a Stoic technique for understanding your core values and cultivating behavior that will help you become the kind of person you aspire to be. I wanted to share this with you...
How Identity Drives Your Habits

How Identity Drives Your Habits

I recently developed a habit of taking cold showers in the morning. It didn’t seem that strange until I realized that cold showers make no sense as far as the science of habit formation goes. Typically, a habit forms when there’s a repeat cycle of cue, want, behavior,...
To Write is to Think

To Write is to Think

Many see writing as a process separate from thinking. As if, for a writer to write, some thinking had to have already happened. And then it became the writer’s job to report on the results of that process, the way a scientist documents his experiments. This is, as the...
Not the Best Year on Record

Not the Best Year on Record

To say that 2020 has not been the most fortunate year on record would be an understatement of epic proportions. If, since 2016, it felt as if the world was rolling downhill, in 2020 it bumped off a rock at the edge of a cliff, like all rolling boulders do in cartoons,...
Online Writing Cafe: A Virtual Co-Working Space for Writers

Online Writing Cafe: A Virtual Co-Working Space for Writers

Many of us will be confining ourselves to our homes for the weeks, perhaps months to come. And even though it feels as if the world is grinding to a halt, this doesn’t mean you have to sit around and stare at the ceiling fan all day. These strange times are a great...