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Steal Like An Artist $1.99 eBook sale 12 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am

Okay, so today only, my book is $1.99 on pretty much every e-reader: Thanks to everybody who helped the book hit #1 in the Kindle store! The sale is now over, but a few retailers still have it priced...

Birthing class notebook 7 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm

I was cleaning my office and found the notebook I kept when my wife and I went to birthing classes. It’s one of those notebooks that puts me right back in the room where I filled it. (BTW: You forget ...

Keep your overhead low 2 Aug 2013 | 06:20 am

“The key to eternal happiness is low overhead and no debt.” —Lynda Barry Anybody who tells people to “do what you love no matter what” should also have to teach a money management course. Low overh...

First draft of Show Your Work finished 3 Jul 2013 | 06:12 am

I finished the first draft of Show Your Work! today. It’s printed out and sitting on my desk. Nobody has read it other than me. My wife will be the first. Then I’ll take her notes, make some changes, ...

Show Your Work! My Creative Mornings Talk 12 May 2013 | 11:50 pm

It was my pleasure to give the inaugural talk at the first Creative Mornings here in Austin last month. The monthly theme was “The Future,” so I tried to make the talk a sort of rallying cry to encour...

Show Your Work! My Creative Mornings Talk 12 May 2013 | 11:50 pm

It was my pleasure to give the inaugural talk at the first Creative Mornings here in Austin last month.

Newspaper Blackout show in Denton, Texas 17 Apr 2013 | 06:57 am

Last week I hung my very first solo gallery show up at UNT on the Square in Denton, Texas. All the pieces for the show were done in the five months after my son Owen was born—I made probably 60 or 70...

Newspaper Blackout show in Denton, Texas 17 Apr 2013 | 06:57 am

Last week I hung my very first solo gallery show up at UNT on the Square in Denton, Texas.

Shut up and write the book (5 things that have helped me recently) 22 Mar 2013 | 06:23 am

1. Shut up and write the book. I’m an extreme extrovert, which is really great after I write a book and I have to go out into the world and talk to people about it, but not so great when I need to se...

Shut up and write the book (5 things that have helped me recently) 22 Mar 2013 | 06:23 am

1. Shut up and write the book. I’m an extreme extrovert, which is really great after I write a book and I have to go out into the world and talk to people about it, but not so great when I need to seq...

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