We are all living in the future — in uncharted territory. We are charting it now. Good morning, fellow cartographers. What will we find around this corner, over this next horizon? Isn’t this exciting? Today we will go somewhere we’ve never been before. This day has never happened until now. What will we find here?Continue reading “Greetings, people of the future”
Author Archives: WarrenBluhm
It’s still your game
After I spent some time yesterday musing about the relationship between work and play and concluding that “the play must go on,” that we should consider bringing the same enthusiastic approach to our work as to our play, the artificial intelligence at Facebook reminded me that I had written something along the same lines threeContinue reading “It’s still your game”
The play must go on
I have day-job writing to do today, and the inertia is palpable. Perhaps if I approached it with the joy that I try to bring to my creative writing. There is a pattern to day-job writing that can feel restrictive, but there is a pattern to creative work, too. Perhaps … perhaps … perhaps …Continue reading “The play must go on”
The long day
The most bearable part of winter is that the days start getting longer. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year — sunrise around 7:30 a.m., sunset around 4:15 p.m. in this neck of the woods. As dark and as cold and snowy as it can be, the one constant of winter isContinue reading “The long day”
The things I cannot change
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about when I turn 70, even though it’s 21 months away, and what’s the point? It’s going to happen anyway. After all, I spent a lot of time over the years thinking how devastated I would be when Willow The Best Dog There Is™ dies, andContinue reading “The things I cannot change”
Once
“Today only happens once — Make it amazing.” I saw the little sign at a craft show Sunday and had to have it — especially when I saw the crafter only wanted 5 bucks for it. The message is priceless. Today only happens once — make it amazing. Don’t bog down with what could beContinue reading “Once”
Love what you write
The people who run the late Ray Bradbury’s Facebook page posted this quote the other day: “Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.” Mr. Bradbury made a lot of sense.Continue reading “Love what you write”
shout joy
Great poets write of wastelands and despair, of the constant-dwelling angst that haunts their souls, say the scholars. Not I. I say joy — I say passion — I say love — The bursting boasting glee that dares to run where artists may plod — that cries fire and foul to the dark lords ofContinue reading “shout joy”
Almost Fully Launched
OK, so this is the day the “pre-order” phase ends and people can launch the print-on-demand process immediately when you order my new book, Full, from your favorite book store. Someday, no doubt, books will be printed on the same day they’re demanded, but I think the existing tech is pretty awesome in itself. SinceContinue reading “Almost Fully Launched”
What darkness?
Look, you can find darkness wherever you go. There has always been the dark, people doing unspeakable things to each other for their own selfish reasons, or for someone else’s selfish reasons. The challenge some days seems to be to find the light, the redeeming acts that show the best in people, the beauty, theContinue reading “What darkness?”
