• THE 250 LIBRARY

    Everything I know about making your creative life work--in 250 words or less.

    In my creative life, I have patron saints. These are people I admire, people I look up to, people...
    July 23, 2024 · quotes
    “All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or...
    July 16, 2024 · tips and exercises,inspiration
    No one can make something out of nothing. We need fuel to create. Fuel is sunshine. It's lying on...
    July 8, 2024 · creative living
    You only have fifteen minutes a day to write, or one Saturday a week to paint. You don't have a...
    July 3, 2024 · the writing life,success and failure,inspiration
    Today I went walking with my friend Amy, who is a wonderful writer. We were talking about books...
    March 25, 2024 · the writing life,tips and exercises
    I've been writing seriously since 2011. That's a long time. But sometimes I still like to read...