This blog . . .

builds on a book I wrote about the creative process called UNCOMMON GENIUS. Based on conversations with forty winners of the MacArthur Award, or so-called genius prize, I put together a picture of how great work happens.
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soulofaword continues this quest to bring transparency to the creative process, especially as it relates to the written word. We use the back door here and enter through the kitchen to learn how good work really happens. Join us, every Friday, right here!

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The Helpful Blogs of 2010

I’m a big believer in continuous learning. Fortunately, I can do this from my desk, coffee in hand. These are some of the places I go when it’s time to kick back and see what someone else is doing:

www.alltop.com Alltop—short for “all topics”— is a compendium of blogs, the best-of gathered for a number of [...]

What a Reader Really Wants

There you are, perusing the new fiction in the bookstore, the noise from the café filtering into your consciousness, heard as if from within the womb. What causes you to pluck a volume off the shelf for a closer look?

Maybe it has an engaging title or a great cover. You flip it over, feel its [...]