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Cliff Jones Jr.
Each of us has an alternate self who's done all this before countless times and attempts to nudge and guide us in order to make this particular run-through a little better than the last. This other self is known variously as a person's genius, daemon, guardian angel... So anyway, I blame that guy.
Cliff Jones Jr.
Two-Headed Lamb!
In this mind-bending, heart-rending journey through two parallel words, we follow Heath and Hazel Edison, a pair of twins violently separated as children. Their only hope of reunion lies in discovering the nature of reality itself, moving beyond their respective veils of illusion and into the ineffable light of eternity.
In many ways, this book is an homage to Philip K. Dick, but in other ways, it's way too personal for that.
In this mind-bending, heart-rending journey through two parallel words, we follow Heath and Hazel Edison, a pair of twins violently separated as children. Their only hope of reunion lies in discovering the nature of reality itself, moving beyond their respective veils of illusion and into the ineffable light of eternity.
In many ways, this book is an homage to Philip K. Dick, but in other ways, it's way too personal for that.
Cliff Jones Jr.
Walking along the woodside path in the early morning dark, your footfalls grow lighter even as your pace quickens, approaching runaway panic. Ashamed of such baseless infantile dread, you stop to catch your breath a moment...
Cliff Jones Jr.
I haven't had to deal with any significant case of writer's block yet, just instances where I had an opportunity to write but didn't have anything in particular coming to mind. I've never viewed that as a "block" exactly, just part of the creative process.
My favorite solution so far has been to take long walks at night with my smartphone. I have my work in Google Docs, and when I have an idea I'll just stop walking for a sec and write directly on my phone. (Sometimes I'll actually read, edit, and write one-handed while walking, but I can't say I really recommend that.)
I think it also helps that I'm in the habit of listening to audiobooks while I walk. It helps to keep me in a certain frame of mind so that when I'm not listening to a book on one of these walks, I'll probably have an urge to write.
My favorite solution so far has been to take long walks at night with my smartphone. I have my work in Google Docs, and when I have an idea I'll just stop walking for a sec and write directly on my phone. (Sometimes I'll actually read, edit, and write one-handed while walking, but I can't say I really recommend that.)
I think it also helps that I'm in the habit of listening to audiobooks while I walk. It helps to keep me in a certain frame of mind so that when I'm not listening to a book on one of these walks, I'll probably have an urge to write.
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