Sitemap - 2023 - Inspired as F**k
Sometimes, People Suck in the Pettiest of Ways
036 - That High School Student Sports Fans Suck Sometimes
What does it mean to KNOW the past?
035 - That We Take Our History On Faith
Embracing the Learning Curve ... in Art AND in Life
033 - That The Title Was Not Originally "Pork"
Selling Out, or Working Within Constraints?
032 - That a Water Pitcher Won't Fit Inside a Mini-Fridge
Navigating Big Ideas by Breaking Things Down
031 - That Big Ideas Are Too Big
My Dad's UFO Fascination and the Stories We Can't Ignore
030 - That Supposedly the FBI is Looking for UFOs Now
An Image is Worth a Thousand Tales
029 - How Much I Really Wanted to Use One Specific Image
If You Came to My House, I Wouldn't Explain My Toaster
028 - The Way I Never Wonder How My iPhone Works
027 - That I'm In My Own Feedback Loop
The Fine Art of Self-Critiquing
026 - That the Different Ages of a Person are Like Different People
We (and Our Characters) Are a Multitude
The Ephemera - Chapter Four and Five
025 - That I Like Paperback Books More
Maybe We're Getting Tired of Things We Can't Touch
024 - That Everything is Overwhelming and Impossible Until it Isn't
If you want to learn something impossible, just keep at it
023 - That An Accent is Just Pronouncing Words Differently
It's not an accent. It's just another voice.
Using the Right Tools for the Job Makes All the Difference
022 - That You Need a Different Capo for a 12-String Guitar
021 - The Sound That is ALWAYS There
The Stuff You Never Notice That's There Anyway
The Best Reason to Write (or Make Any Art) is For Free
020 - That Little Big Isn't Always Funny
019 - That LeBron James Teaches Meditation
Creators and Champions Have More in Common Than You Think
Does Anyone Want to Read My Next Book As I Write It?
018 - That My Friend Was Excommunicated
Using Power and Resistance to Tell Better Stories
017 - How Mike Was Totally Creeping
016 - That Some Colleges Like Shorter Middle Blockers
Breaking the Mold is What Creativity is All About
015 - That Hollow Exchanges Don't Have to be Hollow
The Practice of "Seeing People for Real" is Endlessly Inspiring
014 - That Noticing is a Learnable Habit
Sharpening the Lens of Perception
013 - Why the New Whataburger is a "Digital Kitchen"
How restrictions can make your work better
012 - The Fragmenting of a Reflection on Water
Three creative lessons from a quiet morning lake
011 - How Weird it is that We Have Animals in Our Homes
010 - That I Always Wake Up at 3am on the Dot
What If Making Our Art Keeps Us Young?
009 - That Musicians Stay Young
Balancing Left-Brain and Right-Brain in Storytelling
008 - That TV Acting is a Feat of Multitasking
Mama Said Knock You Out (With a Shitload of New and Ongoing Content)
007 - The Laugh Track in a Sitcom That Was There All Along
The Power of Altered Perception in Storytelling
Reality is More Fragmented Than You Think
006 - That Only a Tiny Area of Our Visual Field is Actually In Focus
005 - That Exercise Might Be as Effective as Antidepressants
Exploring "Emotional Limbo" in Character Development
004 - That Emotional Limbo is a Thing
The Hidden Stories of Background Characters
003 - The Name of the Waitress at the Pub
Creator Diary - HUGE changes afoot at JBT.com
Your Subconscious is the Real Storyteller
002 - That Stephen King Doesn't Remember Writing Cujo
001 - That I Should Start a Podcast
Creator Diary - How to REALLY perfect a story arc
Creator Diary - New Books, New Podcast, New Venues ...
How to write a story-based "About" page for your website
How to Write a Story-Based "About" Page
Creator Diary - New and Interesting Directions
The official writeup of my recent on-set shenanigans (part 2)
Creator Diary - It's Not Always Roses
Creator Diary - OMG, life really IS a story!
Creator Diary - How to focus when you're creatively all over the place
The official writeup of my recent on-set shenanigans (part 1)
Creator Diary: Creative change is good!
10 Things I Learned as a Writer When My Book Became a TV Show
Updates on filming and learning the process
On-set and behind the scenes at Reginald the Vampire (Part 6)
Creator Diary: Update on the RTV podcast and my trip to Victoria next week
What if the world doesn't exist?
On-set and behind the scenes at Reginald the Vampire (Part 5)
On-set and behind the scenes at Reginald the Vampire (Part 5)
On-set and behind the scenes at Reginald the Vampire (Part 4)
Creator Diary: Creating complicated timelines and narratives
On-set and behind the scenes at Reginald the Vampire (Part 3)
Creator Diary: The Importance of Slacking Off
Roundtable: Will Books and Art Survive AI and Short Attention Spans?
Creator Diary: When to collaborate and when to work solo
On-set and behind the scenes at Reginald the Vampire (Part 2)
Creator Diary: How writing scripts is different from writing novels
Creator Diary: Unicorn Western returns!
Creator Diary: The Reginald the Vampire podcast has been officially approved
On-set and behind the scenes at Reginald the Vampire (Part 1)
Fat Vampire to Reginald the Vampire: The journey so far
Creator Diary: All the ways I've failed and felt worthless
How Personal Themes Become Literary Themes
Creator Diary: Hulu-Day-5 update on all things Reginald the Vampire
Story is the most important thing in the world.
Creator Diary: My thoughts on the day of Reginald the Vampire's Hulu premiere
Creator Diary: Why I'm the Bob Schneider of authors
Creator Diary: Creative Co-Morbidity
Creator Diary: Should I finish Winter Break now or go back to the beginning to revise it instead?
Creator Diary: I'm sciencey as HELL, yo
Creator Diary: Homage and Mash-Ups
Creator Diary: Silence has grammar
This is what creativity looks like