The Hardest Parts

The Hardest Parts

The hardest part about finishing a story worth publishing is recreating it over and over again. The hardest part about the creative process is working on something when I’m tired of molding it. The hardest part about introspection is being self-aware when I’m watching...
5 Core Questions to Calibrate Your Creative Guidance System (CGS)

5 Core Questions to Calibrate Your Creative Guidance System (CGS)

Have you ever felt like the story of your life was a hopeless opus? If so, you know this unfulfilling experience can spiral into pain, depression, anger or indifference, because you’re aware things were supposed to be different. Why? Because deep down you know you are...
A Portrait of Pain

A Portrait of Pain

This story is about the boy known as the Red Koi. He briefly self-assigned this name, but his narrative will now transition from third to first. In a first person: I stand in agony. Then I sit. My fist meets the ground to maintain stability. Wife texts me photos of...