Aug 7, 2026
If you're the kind of writer who has trouble staying motivated or completing things, the upheaval and uncertainty in the world (around AI and politics and climate change and economic instability) probably aren't helping.
Here's my answer to whether you should bother (spoiler: yes) and the fundamental step you can't skip...
Jun 19, 2026
A four-week momentum/rescue plan to help keep your writing life progressing outside the bounds of a challenge like StoryADay May.
Jun 12, 2026
How can you be successful as a writer if you don't define success?
But how do you define success?
In this episode I suggest a definition of seven different writing 'modes' you can build into your success framework.
May 30, 2026
A reminder to mark the end of the StoryADay May challenge, and not to simply keep sprinting.
May 23, 2026
What does success really look like for a writer?
In this episode, I share a surprisingly encouraging reminder from a 1951 editorial in Galaxy Science Fiction: even at the highest magazine rates of the day, it took “a stupendous amount of writing” to support a writer.
That may not sound comforting at first — but it...