The Favor of God (Lessons In Fighting for Ideals and Never Giving Up Greatness)
Life is such an incredible paradox for someone trying to hold onto faith. Have you noticed that?
On one hand, this relentless conviction about what could be, what needs to be can burn white hot inside you. But on the other hand, both the world and your own efforts can be so broken, dysfunctional, and resistant to possibility.
I've spent the last 13 years at different spots along this learning curve, trying to hold dreams and vision in one fist and barriers and an imperfect reality in ...
Write For Money No.1
After writing two books, securing a third one under contract and taking my first stab at editing for an official publisher, I opened up the blogging floor for questions about writing. This is what lead to some of my current series like I Like Writing (Weekly Finds for the Writer in the Making and Epub: What the Media Isn't Telling You About Self-Publishing), not to mention this free online support community for writers.
I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, then, when half the ...
I Want To Write (Weekly Finds for the Writer In the Making)
[These I Want To Write posts, inspired by my previous series called Writer's Brain Dumps offer interesting news for the writer and reader in you.]
Here's an article exploring how Amazon storefronts will change the Book Industry.
Here's one way: even news about Amazon's plans to open stores already seem to be altering things. Barnes & Noble already announced they won't be stocking Amazon print books.
And it looks like Books-A-Million is following suit.
Canada's 244 store ...
Creative Projects
Here are some of the good projects gaining my applause for their work bringing people together around good things:
First, a brief news-byte from my part of the world: this week, friends Jay Cordova and David Buchanan launched Jacksonopolis to help our community stay connected. I took the photo above at the launch party hosted at the Hub here in Jackson. Any community could do this. Seriously.
Allison Getty, a former Dream Year Weekend attendee, immediately impressed me with her ...
Brotherhood Cheats
I was talking to a friend online yesterday, when they hastily grabbed a piece of paper posted near the computer and began listing four principles found in the book Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch.
1-Know yourself.
2-Regulate your own anxiety. (Be conscious of what you leak onto people. Work life is where we often, for example, where we choose to show our best. But what if we stopped leaking the worst emotions inside us onto our closest supporters and family? What if we flipped ...