This is not a religion. There is nothing here that I need you to Believe in any more than you'd believe in a hammer, or a paintbrush or a well designed and beautifully presented excel spreadsheet. Zen Hedonism is something you use to get things done. It is a tool, a de...

Having a more creative role at work brings about a fresh challenge. Previous to taking on this day job I was working in splendid isolation writing and living in a small converted barn in the middle of nowhere. I had zero neighbors and very little intrusion into my crea...

My new role where I work seems to be the go-to person for "Hey, this thing, this system that we've been using forever, it doesn't work very well. Can you fix it?" I'm thinking of buying some blue overalls and a red and yellow checked shirt only they don't seem very bus...

We are writers, right? Articulate. Able to express in words deep feelings, moments, characters, stories, concepts. Yeah. Right up until someone asks us where we get our ideas from.

When my first novel was about to come out, the publisher’s publicist rang me to go over s...