1 Loss. When all that’s left are the fleeting memories of tall cups of coffee and literary exchanges, an intertwining of passion and hunger for experience. That thin recalling of how your eyes glistened with pride as you displayed your autographed copy of James Tate’s poetry collection, how you managed to earn an afternoon with…

I unearthed a letter from Stephanie of 2009. Written in blue paper and tucked among the letters I kept over the years, she asked the following questions: Did you still look back and wish that things would be different? How is life for you now? Were you able to do what you wanted to do…

Deeply hung over in creativity thanks to Gumroad’s Small Product Lab course, I decided to create, build up, and launch a creative community, an initiative called Makers Club. I thought it would be a fantastic way of continuing the momentum the course had created. On a personal level, creating and fostering a community made up…

I’ve been freelancing for seven years. I freelance because it supports both my life and my creative writing. Writing poetry, fiction, fan fiction, game fiction, and everything literary in between has and will always be the end goal. There’s this growing frustration, however, towards freelancing that’s weighing me down. For two years, I wished, dreamed,…

Are the latest writing apps or the most professional-smelling notebook enough to get you writing? Personally, I think these things won’t do squat if you don’t cultivate and stick to a writing habit or routine. And I’ll be the first to admit that it’s one of my current challenges as a creative writer. There are…

I love creative collaborations. They allow me to work with other creatives to get an amazing project off the ground. Some of the best creative projects were made through collaborative efforts. Refold and Project LOOP, for example, invite artists and designers to transform standing desks and skateboards into works of art. Collaboration is also my theme for this year. I…

I see the last day of the year as a perfect time to recognize achievements and failures before abandoning them completely before 01/01 hits.Looking back, I announced and started many creative projects that, unfortunately, didn’t make it to completion or saw the light of day.Here’s a complete list:

I believe this is something that one must fully realize and embed before embarking on any creative journey. To see our dream projects become true marks of greatness, we must identify our core purpose and hold it close to our hearts and minds throughout the creative process.

The fresh page of a notebook, the blankness of the screen—both paralyze me like a stunned tabby cat many times in my life. I’d wrestle with the introduction or the first line of a poem until I’m able to flow steadily through the piece. Where it will take and leave me I’d have no clue.Some writers…

Poetry has given so much to our culture and society that everyone should get up and read their favorite ode or sonnet aloud. At the height of my discovery, I saw an announcement on Poets.org about an online celebration called Poets-to-Poets, in which young students from grades 3-12 can write and submit poems “in response…