Let’s balance our strict way of linear thinking with the circle — It’s been said countless times in various metaphysical circles that time is a loop so I’m not throwing out Earth-shattering news here. But I would like to share a broader way of looking at the circle as a marker for time. I’m not a physicist. I’m trying to understand physics…

How I deal with this need to micro-manage my writing career — I trust that what I’m about to say applies to not only the creative process of writing, editing, publishing, and marketing, but it applies to just about every creative thing we do. We need to control the outcome of our success, but success is variable. The idea of success is…

Step One: Begin at the beginning. There’s no better place to start — To be able to find me, my creative expression, my truth, I have relied on meditation. The two are interdependent as they are dependent actions. Meditation is an activity. It is a way. It is a road long traveled, but one where you might not get from where you are…

This is me. I am a piece of all the words that tumble freely on this planet. I am a name. I am a body. I am a fraction of a whole. If we were to see ourselves as fractions, we would stop trying so hard to be competitive with…

Is it time to re-write the script? — My beloved Jane Austen. Favorite writer. Muse. How would I ever suggest that you no longer fit? I couldn’t. I won’t. I can’t. And yet…I must. Jane Austen fits into every nook and cranny of my beleaguered psyche. She fits because I make her fit. I put her into my…

How we create and personify our collective stories to no end — Mysticism aside, I am acutely aware of the storyteller’s trap. Were it not for mysticism, I might not have anything to write about, as I do find myself drawn to stories of The Seeker. …

If we can’t find dignity we can’t cooperate. — Dignity is something I think we all struggle with. I know I’m fighting my inner dignified self with my projected self. And I don’t really love my projected self. I prefer dignity. Can the projected self, this part of our psyches that requires absolution remain dignified even in times of…

Letting go of hope: A conversation with my true self — We have a long way to go to understanding humanity. We might have more insight if we were a more patient species, but we’re not, so we don’t. We’re a fragile existence. Fragility aside, we’re an awkward species — always needing something. We’re rarely content. But then, come to think…

I didn’t intend to write another story — but once a storyteller always a storyteller — When I founded Tattered Script Publishing I had every intention of slowly building an author platform, first for myself and then for other fledgling authors, by publishing new and innovative storytelling. In the process of writing, publishing, and interviewing first-time authors, I quickly learned that nothing is new. …