I’m fascinated by how structure can give way to creativity. It’s not something you would expect or consider. The trope of the creative is someone with a messy work environment and eccentric life with lightning strikes of creativity here and there. Ideas seem to pop up through that mess and Read more…
I decided to stay at the Buddhist monastery, and things got busy after making that choice. A daily schedule was created that started with morning chanting at 4:30 am and ended with silence throughout the monastery and lights out at 10:00 pm, or whenever I finished my Chinese homework, whichever Read more…
After a forty minute car ride back into the city we parked in front of a skyscraper. I couldn’t see the top of it because there was so much fog in the air. Zoltan, the two westerners that I shared a cab with, and I followed the nun, whose organization Read more…
Bing, bing, bing. Gong. Bing, bing… These are the sounds that surround me. I’m in a shiny temple with massive statues towering over me. None of them look like the Buddha from the donut shops. I’m holding a small blue book in my hands, and I’m not sure if it’s Read more…
I feel like a monster. I live in a cave, but it has been made suitable for me with lights that enable me to stay up all hours. I can even control the weather inside it. These gadgets help me sacrifice my sleep for more entertainment. I feel like a Read more…
This week has been BUSY! But I’m really excited to share with you something that I’ve wanted to make for awhile. It’s the first episode of the Step Into The Road Audio Shorts! If you like audiobooks or podcasts and science fiction then this is for you! It’s not quite Read more…
Dear Readers, I’m taking the week off from writing a story. I have a few things coming down the line, and I want to direct the efforts I would usually put into this week story into those future articles. Basically, what I was going to share with you isn’t completed Read more…
I watched a video a while back about a guy dancing at a music festival. He was shirtless and dancing in a field alone. It was… strange. He did it for a few minutes. Then another person came to dance with him. Suddenly it was two people dancing, a third Read more…
This week has been busy for me. I’ve sent out my novella to beta readers, I’ve started a new job, and I have been putting some stuff together behind the scenes for this blog. I’m excited to reveal it to you, and I hoped it would be this week, but Read more…
I have this habit of writing every day for an hour. I’ve made it over 400 days as of this post being published. Somedays the hour is great and I pump out a few hours of work. Other days I have no motivation to write. On days where I have Read more…