It was a cold day in early January. The wooden floor was frigid to my bare feet. The joints in my hands and fingers moved slowly. I pulled a heavy wool flannel over me. Its course weave scratched at my…

I have always enjoyed going to see musical artists interpret their own songs as performers. I think of Bob Dylan's version of "Blowing in the Wind" from the "Love and Theft" tour. I saw him several times on that tour…

In Steven Pressfield's, "The War of Art" and the follow up "Turning Pro", he champions coming to your creative side as a professional, as work, as a job. His hard-boiled approach is pragmatic and refreshing…