We need a new direction. Here’s a case for creating a new party — Americans are discontent. We are unhappy with our political landscape. We are disillusioned with our leaders. Civil unrest is at an all-time high. We need a change, and we need it now. I’d like to present one change that will do some good. The Old Guard In the United States, there are two…

I’ve decided to close the door on Medium. — It was a great idea, and it seemed tailor-made for me. I love writing; there are people who love reading; why not put them together in such a way that the readers can support the writers? And the audience seemed to be built-in. …

Are you letting resistance, or the weather, win? Time to fight back! — First things first: We are okay. We live in Austin, the capital and heart of Texas. And in case you’re wondering, we survived the week-long “freak winter storm” with little or no fallout. We are grateful. We are most grateful. Texas doesn’t get winter storms that often, yeah — but this year practically the whole state…

Succeeding at the Game of Medium and also remaining true to one’s self — Many articles have been written about “How to Succeed on Medium”. I should know — I’ve read a lot of them. Because yes, it’s true: I really do want to “succeed on Medium.” But what does that success look like? Of course, “success” looks different to each of us. Some…

What I’ve learned from love being lost — My heart wants to cry right now. I want to let the tears course down my face, hot streams of released emotion. Yet the tears aren’t coming. They are bound up behind my eyes, fated to fester in fountains of angst and anger. I don’t know what to do about…

Trauma is hard to endure, and sometimes harder to share. — My life began when I was hit by the car. No. Scratch that. My life began when I died. Yes. My life began when I died. Dying set me on an irrevocable path to becoming a better person. Dying is a momentous event. Dying young, even more so. …

What I got from one excellent book on the craft — I recently finished what might be the best book I’ve ever read on the craft of writing. What drew me in to this particular volume was one simple fact: I love poetry. Poetry is one of the first things I started writing. Time was when I would write five, six…

That Feeling When You’re Caught Between One Year and the Next — Welcome to the End of the Year. It’s been a year full of Mondays, hasn’t it? And it’s all over. Well, not quite. Still, Happy Holidays to you and yours. I feel like I’ve been lax in my well-wishing this year — this year when we’ve all needed as much…

What does a writer fear? Find out inside. — I fear nothing as a writer, I fear nothing the sound of nothing the shape of nothing. The sound of a writer’s fears is the sound of nothing no typing no clicking no scratching of pens nothing is the sound of a squandered imagination What a writer fears most is running…