Marry Your Best Friend

Today marks mine and Rachel's 19th wedding anniversary, and we celebrated the way most couples do: we woke up, forgot it was our anniversary, and then remembered halfway through breakfast. That's okay though, because we quickly moved on to other, far more traditional anniversary celebrations: an appointment with my oncologist, an appointment with a cardiologist, …

“You Have Cancer.”

I've tried to write this blog for a couple of days now, but I can't seem to find the through-line. As a professional writer, I know that the point of any communication--written, spoken, non-verbal or otherwise--is to help the audience not only receive the message but be changed by it. I'm not sure how telling …

What is a Vision?

Depending on whom you ask, you can get a lot of different ideas about what a vision really is. If you ask a business person, you'll get one answer, but if you ask an artist, you'll get something else. Ask a pastor or a plumber, a singer or a seamstress, and you'll come away with …

Why Every Writer Should Dream of a Comfy Chair

This post originally appeared on StoryGurus.com. April 30th was a big day for my family. We had a 16-foot long inflatable water slide parked in my backyard, 20 kids running around, and a cookie cake that was over an inch-and-a-half thick if you include the icing – all to celebrate my son’s eighth birthday. That …

A Creative’s Fear of Being Wrong

I have always been a creative person. Going back to my childhood, I was constantly doodling or writing on some empty corner of paper. I eventually became a sort-of-cartoonist by the time I reached high school, when I decided to really throw myself into my artwork. My friend Ashton and I spent hours coming up …