by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve always believed in monsters. Many think they’re make believe, hiding under beds or in closets or right outside your bedroom window. I had those. I also had real monsters. Like the clown who tells you he is very real and can hurt you. Or the stranger who thinks...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 28, 2011 | Wordlessly Wednesday
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by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 27, 2011 | TED Talks, The Writing Life
And by shake up your story Raghava KK means shake up your perspective! I love being an artist during a time of so much change. The publishing industry seems to be transforming before our eyes, like a butterfly captured by a slow motion camera. It’s captivating...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 20, 2011 | Beautiful Things, TED Talks, The Writing Life
Writing is work. Hard work. Mentally draining, emotionally exhausting, and physically demanding (the last because we often forget to eat, sleep, and exercise as we craft our stories). We give all we have to the creative process as we “breathe air into the lungs...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Sep 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
I really, really do wish that I was perfect. I keep thinking that if I try hard enough I’ll get there. That if I push myself enough, be self-less enough, get the right schedule setup–that suddenly the heavens will open, angelic choirs will sing and a hot...
