I stretched a trip home by two days to spend my birthday with family for the first time in almost two decades.

Oct. 18th - 24th Saw a few clips from a documentary about someone who climbed mountains without a rope. He also flew across the sky with a bird suit on. After each encounter with mortality he looked to be in a state of ecstasy. “When you face death and live, life becomes so simple.” He looked off camera. To wake up is to fly. Here's my week: Writing: 9 hrs Music: 4 hrs Band admin: 3 hrs Stacking days

My writing coach talks about my wins as if they’ve already happened. I decided to follow her example

This week I heard someone say that the best art is indefensible; there are no reasons for why it was created and no explanations need to be made for it.

August 30th - September 6th

I haven’t been able to complete a work of fiction all year. It’s frustrating. Staying the course is challenging when it feels like not much is happening.

Enjoy my conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea—NY Times bestselling author, Pulitzer finalist, and genuinely the coolest guy.

"After visiting two clinics in one day, I found my five-year-old niece waiting for me to play. My dad asked to join us. I saw them side by side in the yard, her bouncing with all the energy in the world, him ambling with his walker. We're all on a journey back to childhood. He is acting out the only version of childhood he knows; not playing games, but playing defense."

June 7th - June 13th 2026

May 31st - June 6th 2026

May 17th - May 23rd 2026

May 10th - May 16th 2026

May 3rd - May 9th 2026

In April I completed something that started twenty years ago.

On noticing the signals from within

Since January, I’ve been writing a new short story. My schedule has been waking up weekdays at 4:30am to exercise for an hour then write 90 minutes. On weekends I do 2 to 4 hour writing blocks. This past Monday was the deadline to submit it to my editor. In this last week of writing, I had to find an extra gear: I added evening writing sessions on top of my job, gym, band rehearsals, and time with my partner. I showed up every day, whether I wanted to or not. I’d been wonderi

How clarity of purpose brought a great rejection

For years I've used a notebook to hold myself accountable. Last month I noticed an uncomfortable pattern hiding in those pages.