Hi friends! Let’s talk about something that’s been on my mind these last few weeks.  The 4-Hour Work Day (I’m not quite at the 4-Hour Work Week yet, but we’ll get there, don’t worry.) The thing is, I love my work. Still, he persistent belief I’ve held about it for most of my life is […]

Hi friends, For the last week, while our son has been at school, Sam and I have been going to a park near our house, sitting by the lake, and talking. Our 13-year-old nephew died on Friday last week, after a two-year battle with cancer. I have not wanted to write about it, say it […]

Hi friends, I realized the other day that I’ve gone into those horrible kind of spirals where in order to have the freedom to do your creative work in peace, you need to bring in more paying work, and the more you do the paying work, the less time, energy, and focus you have left […]

Hi friends, It’s the most positive rejections that hurt the most. When an agent or editor says they absolutely loved everything about your work but they can’t buy it anyway.  Freelancers are used to this sort of rejection; I had one just last year. It was a long-form story that everyone, from the Economist to […]