The quality of people my book program (and employer), Creator Institute, convinces to get to talk to us about their fields of expertise, whether that is writing, mental health, hostage negotiation, or marketing, is amazing to me. This past week it was Arianna Huffington. She didn’t have a lot of time to spare – just 15 minutes – but she was gracious with her advice and her humor, and it was worth the little time we had to spend with her. She had quite a few key insights on writing… Read More »Moving Hearts and Minds – Arianna Huffington

The lovely and funny straight shooting Terri Trespicio gave a writing workshop last week using the Gateless method and it was amazing! We started with a brief meditation, she provided a word prompt and then we had 10 minutes to write about her prompt. I don’t think I’ve ever been that honest before in a 10 minute writing exercise – I may even post it here, if I get brave enough. My favorite thing she said about writing is: as an author, you “are not a word waitress.” You aren’t… Read More »I am not a Word Waitress