It's the time of year when schools all over are sending new graduates into the world. Even though it has been centuries years since I graduated from college, this time of year always calls to mind some of my favorite advice for graduates. Most people first heard this as the Baz Luhrman production "Everybody's Free…
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Self-Publishing Experience #2
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. Last time, I recorded a few thoughts on my experience self-publishing my novel in paperback format via CreateSpace. I also published the book in digital format via Kindle DIrect Publishing (KDP) and wanted to share a few thoughts on that, also. In 2017, I self-published a short business…
Self-Publishing Experience
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I've posted previously about the novel I've written and decided to self-publish. For anyone who might be considering this, I thought I would share some of my experience. This is by no means a comprehensive self-publishing guide, just a collection of my own thoughts and experiences that you…
Van Gogh and Looking Without Finding
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I'm in the middle of reading a collection of some of Vincent Van Gogh's letters, primarily letters he wrote to his brother Theo over a period of 18 years. It's a fascinating body of work. Van Gogh wrote so many letters that they end up providing a sort…
Work the Good Shot
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I'm not a big sports fan, but I do love the 1986 movie "Hoosiers." On the surface, it's about a high school basketball team and a coach with a troubled past. Of course, like all good films, it's about interesting characters, their relationships, and the choices they make.…
Creative Language
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. As a movie buff, at some point in my life I began collecting movie quotes. It has become something of an obsession with me. I have a database of well over 1,000 now, and try to get a "keeper" from every film I watch. The rule is, stand-alone…
Embrace Certainty
Now we have more music and books and movies to choose from, but we have more tools to give us certainty as consumers.
Creative Effort
This web site is a work in progress and I'm constantly evaluating what I want to accomplish with it. Going forward, I plan to include more of my photography, as that's an important creative outlet for me.
Embrace Uncertainty
Uncertainty is hard-wired into the creative experience.
Cover Your Bases
Make full use of the tools available to you.