Most professionals I work with don’t have a writing problem. They have a time problem. Or a motivation problem. And sometimes a content decision problem. When you know your field well, it’s not always obvious which details to share with readers, and which only matter to you. Maybe one of these issues sounds familiar?

-Your work changes lives, but your content reads like a textbook

-You have more expertise than time

-You want to publish a book

-Your marketing sounds like everyone else

-Your pitch deck isn’t pulling its weight

-You need your complex legal, medical or technical ideas to reach everyday readers

‍To know yet to think that one does not know is best;‍

Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

~ Lao Tzu

Which words really matter? Creative to meticulous. The ones that, together in a phrase, have multiple meanings—double entendres—depending on how they are read. I'm a freelance copywriter and a poet. I'm an online marketer and an editor. I'm a social media junkie and a web site blog developer. I'm a blogger and a journalist.

I wrote why am i here? already when my peace sign spoke. It was hiding then. Now as the leaves have dropped, it's louder. But now you can see it, even in a photo.

I am here still, just covered in a blanket instead.

How do you go through your days with vibrance, where each moment matters... It's an art form and one that requires a dedicated eye to presence.

Presence in the current moment, where the eye to what matters opens up. Wide.

In between the letters is a place. To imagine what occurs—as a word is formed, as a choice is made—is to be a step closer to being in that space.

Sentences are made of more than words. Ideas, described. Pauses, illuminated.

I have always asserted that it cannot be confined to a box, to a timeframe or to a large conference room filled with eager brainstormers. Creative insight does not just come to most people spontaneously—except for maybe standup comedians. It requires what I call a certain zone

Does twirling your hair really mean you are nervous? Does [...] really mean something obvious? What about the source behind being late, or a silent response to a question?

Is it a heart or mind that is captured when a story comes to live on the screen as if concocted as typed? A memory or imagery merges—paints itself across the screen as envisioned—with feelings and colors from a world that doesn’t quite exist, yet does.

The thoughts that come to me when I am into you.

Write with me
... as if I'm writing you
... as if I hear only your voice.

It's summertime... But just because the beach and sunshine beckon you to follow a free-spirited attitude, you can actually allow yourself to relive your yoga.

what lays hidden...
reveals
its courage
~ r.e.l. 2012

It's easy to have a grand plan for everything you do in life, along with trying to plot and control the outcome. Although it's important to advocate for yourself and your own destiny, sometimes it's better to let life just happen.