Writer and artist Austin Kleon giving a talk on the genealogy of creative ideas and his creative process.

I have started two novels in my life, three if I count the serial piece for the web. None of them were finished. I would get forty or fifty hand-written pages done and then crash on my lack of knowledge of how-to write a novel. Those novels-in-progress have been on my mind recently. Thoughts of [...]

I asked a new friend who is an authority on anthropology and biology if she would read some of my work. My studies have taken me into new areas of thinking beyond creativity and I want to start publishing my writings about them. Her knowledge makes her an ideal reader. The problem is my writing [...]

I had a good time yesterday at the Hennessey + Ingalls bookstore partly because I discovered something called a BüK. “A BüK is an inexpensive pamphlet—just $1.49—containing one provocative essay, short story, portfolio of pictures, collection of poems, or other surprising entertainment, readable in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee.” I [...]

I had a burning line and inklings of a paragraph in my head when I woke-up this morning. I wrote down the line and continued writing thinking I had gotten the essence of the piece to be published on my blog today. Six-hundred-plus words later I realized I was working on something else; it was [...]

Sit. find words for what has not been said. Write. Sit. Find words for what has not been said. Write. It is a process, a continuation of life. Sit. Find spaces for what has not been said yet through me. Write. Writing and all creative practice is a way of allowing ourselves to be vehicles [...]

Cory Doctorow has a bunch of interesting things to say about e-book readers and content control as well as the opportunities and challenges of the current book publishing environment. Seth Godin and Cory Doctorow are thought provoking thinkers and writers when I’m contemplating writing, storytelling, and getting my work into the world. This video interview [...]

Benjamin Franklin was a prolific inventor. He was also a prolific writer. I discovered the following article while searching for his portable writing table design. The article illustrates how he used his inventiveness to develop his writing skills. Click on the following link to discover how Benjamin Franklin cultivated his writing: Writing Tips from Benjamin [...]