by Dan Jeffries | Mar 2, 2016 | Books, Writing, Enlightenment, How-Tos, Psychology |
This is an early excerpt from my forthcoming book on writing: The Fire of Creation I recently re-read the amazing book “Daily Rituals: How Artists Work” and it got me thinking about what master writers do differently than everyone else. What does it take...
by Dan Jeffries | Feb 19, 2016 | Books, Enlightenment, Reviews |
Ideas are dangerous things. Wherever there are ideas there are people who want to destroy them. You can’t kill an idea but you can burn the paper it’s printed on. Since ancient times, when monks first scribbled on parchment, people tried to suppress ideas...
by Dan Jeffries | Mar 8, 2014 | Enlightenment |
Have you ever felt stuck in life? You wake up one day and everything that was okay yesterday is not okay today. Maybe you hate your job or your partner or your kids? Maybe you had a great boss who got let go and the new one sucks? Maybe your significant other is not...
by Dan Jeffries | Feb 1, 2014 | Enlightenment |
Since my enlightenment, I can’t seem to stop writing like this. I suppose that’s fine. Perhaps, it is useful to someone. I have no idea really and I no longer care if it is. If my spiritual writings disappear into the darkness of the net and are never seen...
by Dan Jeffries | Oct 1, 2013 | Art, Books, Drugs, Uncategorized, Writing, Education, Enlightenment, How-Tos, News, Psychology, Reviews, Satori, TV |
Sometimes being a writer can ruin stories for you because you can see endings coming a mile away. Unfortunately, I sometimes forget this is not the case for my friends and I totally killed the Breaking Bad ending for a few folks by predicting every beat. Some people...
by Dan Jeffries | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized, Enlightenment, Psychology |
So, you say you don’t have enough time to do the things that you want to do. In fact what you’ve done is filled your life with meaningless shit. I know. I’ve done it myself. A lot. The problem is most of the things you’ve taken on just...
