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Writing is Just a Job

This week, we are celebrating the release of the book The Faith of Elvis, which I co-wrote with Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley’s stepbrother. Here on ...

Taking Initiative to Get What You Want

This week, we are celebrating the release of the book The Faith of Elvis, which I co-wrote with Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley’s stepbrother. Here on ...

The Power of Generosity

This week, we are celebrating the release of the book The Faith of Elvis, which I co-wrote with Billy Stanley, Elvis Presley’s stepbrother. Here on ...

Write a New Ending to Your Story

On May 21, 1990, audiences tuned in to the series finale of the CBS show Newhart. They probably expected a standard final episode that wrapped ...

Your Writing Begins as a Gift

It’s a simple but important question: Why do you write? There are a lot of reasons people write. Some people want to build a brand. ...

Will Your Words Bring Life or Death?

Water can be a metaphor for life or death. Ask anyone who has gotten sick from contaminated water or tried to avoid falling out of ...

Today is a Gift

Every writer understands this basic truth: it’s easy to let one day run into the next one. Then weeks, months and eventually years pass by ...

Like Sands Through the Hourglass

The intro for the long-running NBC soap opera “The Days of Our Lives” proclaims, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our ...

Focus on This Instead

In your life as a writer, there are many things you get to choose: how and when you write, what kind of material you create, ...

(Almost) Everything is a Draft

We’re doing a short series on perspectives that go against conventional wisdom. If you’re just now joining us, I encourage you to go back and ...