I Could NEVER Do That!
One of the greatest obstacles to getting after and accomplishing our dreams is buying into the lie that says, “I could NEVER do that.”
This simply isn’t true.
My friend Sue is an amazing chef. She is one of those rare, gifted...
Protect Your Creative Passion
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 — Why Your Creative Dream Requires Your Best Effort
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...
Confronting Crisis with Courage
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...
Read Among Kings - Chapter One for Free
Among Kings
Chapter One
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...
Why I Wrote Among Kings - The Story Behind the Story - Part 2
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...
Why I Wrote Among Kings - The Story Behind the Story - Part 1
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,...
What Are You Cultivating?
By Joey O'Connor
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...
Author
Joey O'Connor
Author
Welcome! Here you'll receive inspiration and insights to cultivate your personal, professional, and spiritual life. I write about writing, relationships, art, and creativity.
Cultivating Your Dream
Inspiration & Action for Doing What You Were Made to Do
(Now on Presale)
Your creative dreams are not wishful thinking.
In Cultivating Your Dream, Joey O'Connor helps you accomplish your dream by clearing the mental, emotional, and spiritual clutter that keeps you from what you are meant to do.
Offering practical advice and transformational strategies, O'Connor addresses many of the pressing challenges every artist, creative, student, and entrepreneur faces in pursuit of a dream. The results will be satisfaction and new work produced to your joy and the benefit of others.
Your paperback or ebook will be sent Dec. 10, 2024.
Cultivating Your Dream
Paperback & Ebook
The Cobalt Curse takes you on a thrilling international ride through Dubai, D.C., Brussels, and deep into the Congo jungle.
Discover a desperate human rights lawyer who launches a daring search for his former fiancée kidnapped in the Congo by a cryptocurrency titan set on controlling the world's cobalt.
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In my historical fiction thriller, Among Kings,
discover the power story of a courageous African American man who risked everything to save an entire nation in the world's first international human rights trial. Based on true events.
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"I was utterly absorbed in Among Kings."
"Joey rivets you in the opening pages."
"Fascinating historical fiction."
"LOVE this book!"
