Archive - The Living Dark

The Book I Would Like to Be Buried With

Reflections on the book I want to take to my grave

3 hrs ago •

Creative Purpose in the Age of Apocalypse

A monastic option for a collapsing culture. The conclusion to my forthcoming book "Writing at the Wellspring."

Sep 13 •

Beyond the Matrix of Language

Writing as a portal to a wider reality

Sep 6 •

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A private space for us to converse and connect

Sep 3 •

August 2024

The Hidden River of Your Writing

Chapter One of "Writing at the Wellspring"

Aug 31 •

The Zen of Words

Nurturing the writer's soul in the age of AI

Aug 24 •

On Living and Writing into the Dark

The full introduction to "Writing at the Wellspring"

Aug 18 •

Writing at the Wellspring: Progress Report #2

Table of contents and chapter summaries

Aug 14 •

Your Afterlife as a Fictional Character

Finding the self that survives every story

Aug 9 •

Writing at the Wellspring: Progress Report #1

A description/overview of my next book, plus a crash course in writing a book proposal

Aug 5 •

To Thine Own Muse Be True

Knowing when to work and when to wait

Aug 1 •

July 2024

Reading Notes 3

Creative integrity, AI's rise, and the purpose of life in a doomed world

Jul 26 •

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