Knocking down road blocks

I’m waking up thinking about the story again. For me, it seems the way to make that happen is to write a little at the end of the day. It’s nice waking up with story running through my head, but the end of the day used to be the time when I read books. This […]

The muse is a useful fiction

I don’t really believe in the Muse, but I do think that allowing yourself to believe in visitations from an external “muse” or “genius” is a useful fiction. It’s like when practicing Taiji, if you allow yourself to believe that qi energy is flowing through your body, it makes it easier to relax into the […]