Writer Dear, writing practice is all about the messy mind, the naked thoughts that surface come 3 a.m...

So, how does a writer write? I don’t know if there’s a way to do it with any level of sanity no matter how you broach it. I can share what worked and what didn't work.

I don't even really understand anything I've done until I've done it. What's more I can't see its value until I write about it.

If writers are lucky, their writing will be the seance, their keystrokes—the ouija board.

"We rest; a dream has power to poison sleep. We rise; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day." ~Mary Shelley

Why did I decide to ditch the traditional publishing route? Because I did so, does that mean I’m just “playing writer”?

I’m not really sure when it started. Maybe twelve? Thirteen? Probably younger than that but I specifically remember that the voices grew stronger in my pre-pubescent years. They’re not like the voices those with schizophrenia hear. I’m not being told cut off my ear like Van Gogh or solve complex math equations for the U.S government like John Nash. My voices are telling me to do something else entirely. The voices started out pretty faint and far away, like a soft echo dancin