Do you listen to your critics or to your passion? Passion is the fire in your belly that fuels your desire to fulfill your dream. No one can create this passion for you. It must come from you. Your passion must flow from within.
Critics and...
This is hard. This is difficult. This is challenging. This sucks.
If your creative dream isn’t hard, it’s probably not worth pursuing. If it isn’t difficult, how will you be forced to excel at your craft? If it isn’t...
In a very unexpected way, a personal crisis led me to step across a new threshold. It was and still is one of my life's greatest transitions.
Last November, I decided to resign from my position as executive director of The...
The Congo – 1880
The iridescent full moon reflecting on the Congo River faded against the brilliant morning sun rising in the east. Beneath the dense jungle canopy, fast hands slapped tight animal skins in a...
If you missed the first installment of Why I Wrote Among Kings, please read Part 1 on the previous blog post. Enjoy the new Among Kings book trailer above.
Despite the initial excitement of winning awards, the screenplay project...
It has often been said a writer doesn't go in search of a story. The story comes in search of the writer. Truer words cannot be said of this book.
My journey into the Congo began twelve years ago when my brother-in-law, Ken Straw, asked me,...
Friends, let me ask you a simple question...
What are you cultivating?
It's a question I often ask myself.
But if I'm honest, perhaps not often enough?
Like it or not, things are always growing in the small gardens of our...
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