Starting fresh

I hate being a writer sometimes. It's not that I hate writing, but the discipline required can be a total drag. I think that's why most people fail at writing, or really at life for that matter. The ones that are successful have to be tenacious. Pursuing a dream doesn't guarantee success, but giving up …

Tap? What tap?

I tried to write yesterday, I really did! I'm trying to get back in the habit of sitting down everyday, to write something, anything, just to get my thoughts down somewhere. It didn't happen yesterday. Exhaustion forced me to bed early and I enjoyed it, at least until my eyes opened at four in the …

Practice and discipline

It's hard as an aspiring writer to sit back and read a book and not compare myself to the author of said book. Am I alone in this? I know I'm not. I remember feeling that when I became a music major twenty years ago, and I would listen to another student perform. I couldn't …