The Rolling Stones have a new album, and Mick Jagger has some great creative advice for us all. I explain in this short episode. You can read the Guardian interview here. Join my free creative community, The Spark! We celebrate each other’s creative courage, and I’ll be sharing programs for subscribers and listeners there in […]
Director, animator, and author Kevin Jon Davies grew up enthralled by Doctor Who and Spike Milligan’s The Goon Show. When he discovered the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio show, it seemed like the best of both worlds. Before long, he was doing animation for the TV series. Kevin tells me how he got […]
We don’t talk about it much in creative circles, but it’s really important to know when and why to let go of your creative work. I’ll tell you more in this short episode. Join my free creative community, The Spark! We celebrate each other’s creative courage, and I’ll be sharing programs for subscribers and listeners […]
My guest today is Hilary Hattenbach, a freelance writer based in LA. Hilary majored in magazine journalism but ended up working in entertainment marketing for studios like Disney and 20th Century Fox before a chance meeting in a bakery led her to co-author The Kitchen Decoded Cookbook. Hilary tells me about that meeting and the […]
You need a strong NO in order to have a strong YES in any part of your life, including your creative process. I’ll tell you why in this short episode. Check out my new newsletter, The Spark! It’s free, and I hope you’ll join us! Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, questions, […]
Life happens. Stuff goes wrong. It’s a cliché, but when you’re handed lemons, sometimes the best thing to do is to make lemonade. I’ll tell you why in this short episode. Check out my new newsletter, The Spark! It’s free, and I hope you’ll join us! Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, […]
Author Rahna Reiko Rizzuto wrote the way many of us do as a child and teen, but didn’t truly turn to writing until she discovered, at the age of 30, that her Japanese-American mother, and her family, had been stripped of everything and put in an internment camp during World War II. The book she […]
What can a simple choice from actor David Tennant tell us about creative freedom? I’ll tell you in this short episode. Check out my new newsletter, The Spark! It’s free, and I hope you’ll join us! Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, questions, and experience with these ideas! Send me a note […]
Odds are good you’re making things harder than they need to be—and that’s getting in your way more than you realize. Check out my new newsletter, The Spark! It’s free, and I hope you’ll join us! Get in Touch I’d love to hear your feedback, questions, and experience with these ideas! Send me a note […]
Writer, editorial director, and publisher Michael Dolan was a math whiz before he fell in love with writing and journalism in high school. After a career in magazine publishing and working as a professional writer, he decided to start Winding Road Stories, which aims not only to publish new authors, but to help those authors […]