A Letter to Creatives

Selling Your Book

Writing is a Terrible Career, a Great Hobby

I Can't Even Give Away My Books: a fictional short-short story

My Basement Full of My Novel: A short-short story

Report from an Unsuccessful Writer

A Failed Novelist: a short-short story

A Different Ending: A short-short story

A Writer's Life: and lessons learned

You wouldn't think I could become a professional writer, with lots of well-published books and articles. Yet I did. I tell how in my PsychologyToday.com article today. It also embeds lessons for non-writers.

When Should You Pursue a Career as Writer, Musician, Actor, or Artist.

I love to write, act, and play the piano. I know how seductive artistic pursuits can be. 

But when is it wise to pursue it as your main livelihood? I explore that in my PsychologyToday.com article today.  

A Workover: A Scientist/Professor Quits to Become a Caretaker

A caller to my show today quit being a health care professor to take care of her ill relative, whom she believes will likely live a few more years. She wants to take on a part-time activity that would enable her to change careers when that person dies. 

I used our exchange as my PsychologyToday.com article today.

A Workover: "Should I Try to be a Professional Writer?"

A caller to my show has mixed feelings about whether she should try to make a living as a writer. The edited transcript of our exchange is my PsychologyToday.com article today.