Writing Careers: How Not To Sell Your Soul
I have been one of the lucky few who've had the opportunity to prostitute myself as a writer. For the past 20 years, I've worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director for some of the world's greatest brands. Thousands of young copywriters are eagerly filling out job applications to pace that same poorly lit corner day in and out, for the rest of their young lives. I was only in the ad biz about two months before I realized it was going to be an unfulfilling, soul
Inspiration for Writing: Open To The Words
I take no credit for my writing. Of course, I put my name on my pieces, but I must admit the writing, when inspired, does not come from me. Maybe it is sent from some higher part of myself, some mythic muse, or some frustrated writer soul who had passed over long ago, only to live on earth vicariously though me, chatting me up with an incessant flow of words. I can always tell when my writing is inspired. When I go to revise the original draft, sometimes I barely have to touc
