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When I look at the past four years, I can't help seeing how they're full of creative missteps. I know working on creative projects is not an exercise in perfection. Mistakes are unavoidable. Often, you have to finish whatever you're working on and strive to do better next time. That's... [Read More]

Sigh...those online Myers-Briggs tests. I've had fun reading the results over the years. In case you're wondering, I'm an INFP. For a long time I've treated my personality test results like just this fun thing to do. It's interesting. Sounds a lot like me. I wonder if I know anyone... [Read More]

This is a follow up to my post, 4 Things I Did to Get Started With Writing Fiction. I think when it comes to being the writer and artist of your own comics, the most important thing to learn is how to create stories. Pictures are an add-on option. Having... [Read More]

Developing the skill to write stories has been a huge chunk of my life. Fiction writing has helped me to find escape when facing emotionally challenging situations. It’s also enabled me to enjoy other forms of storytelling, such as writing and drawing my own comics. Making fiction may seem like... [Read More]

The journals were high quality, leather bound and pages with faded gold on the edges. They had that tangy scent of old paper. The first page was the typical "If this journal is lost" verbiage. Underneath that was the looping and neat scrawl of someone who had taken their cursive seriously.... [Read More]

Lately I've been in the process of “returning” to share my work regularly on this blog and just online in general, and I've been finding myself overwhelmed from all of the how-to's and advice out there. If you're someone who is always trying to improve what you do, you know... [Read More]