Here I Go Again
In any given moment we have two options: To step forward into growth or step back into safety. – Abraham Maslow
Breaking The Cycle
Your soul needs time for solitude and self-reflection. In order to love, lead, heal, and create, you must nourish yourself first. – Louise Hay
Understanding the Fundamentals
Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise. – Michael Jordan
A Tale of Two Destinies
Now Everyone of Us Was Made to Suffer. – Annie Lennox (Walking on Broken Glass, 1992)
When It Is Done Right Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. – Mark Twain
The Naru
Success is knowing that your contribution is what helps the collective. – Adrian Grenier
Originality: More Than Meets The Eye
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. – Simone de Beauvoir
Representation in Your Writing: A True Act of Self-Awareness
If you don’t think representation matters, you’re probably well represented. – Bernice King
Cultural Spotlight TheVendari
History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. – Paul Eldridge (1888 – 1982)
Character Portrait James Striken
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. – Aristotle
Origins: The Sha’ran Family
Every family has untold stories buried in the fog of the past. – Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Doing It Right: The Last of Us
Purposeful storytelling isn’t show business, it’s good business. – Peter Guber
Character Portrait: Akimoto Satoru
Loyalty, honor, a willing heart, I can ask no more than that. – Thorin Oakenshield (The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien)
A New Book Two: Destiny’s Shroud
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end - Seneca
The Sy’Arrian Legacy Accomplishments & What’s In Store For 2023
Success is not determined by the amount of accomplishments, but by the road traveled & how you handled the recovery of each failed attempt. – Behdad Sami
The Fine Art Of Nuance
Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance. – Albert Maysles
When It Is Done Right
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better. – John Updike
The Time Has Come
The time has come for someone to put his foot down, and that foot is me. – John Vernon
Writer’s Block: Embrace It and Learn
You can’t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out of a thinking block. – John Rogers
Mechanics, Mechanics, Mechanics
Grammar is to a writer what anatomy is to a sculptor, or the scales to a musician. You may loathe it, it may bore you, but nothing will replace it, and once mastered it will support you like a rock. – B.J. Chute