by Rick | Sep 6, 2013 | Blog
I have written, through the years, only when the creativity bug bit me. It might be 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon or 5 o’clock Tuesday morning. I just waited around for it to bite then I’d write. I’ve learned to bite first. I make an appointment with creativity...
by Rick | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog, Writing Tips
“No one can ever take away from you the power to interpret your own circumstances.” – Dr. Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Kansas State University If you were to compare yourself to a movie star, who would it be? If you could be any musician, who would it be? If you could be...
by Rick | Jul 19, 2013 | Blog, Writing Tips
My mind is often like a runaway truck barreling out-of-control down a mountain. It races so fast tiny puffs of smoke come out of my ears and you can hear gears grind as I try to downshift. It weaves in and out of traffic, blows its horn at slower drivers, scares the...
by Rick | May 3, 2013 | Blog
I first developed my love for writing on my international hunger relief trips. I wrote because I wanted the people who supported our work to be a part of the story. Mostly, my stories were about people I met along the way who inspired me because I wanted my friends in...
by Rick | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog
I have spent far too much energy in my life worrying about what people think of me. I spent 20 years as a minister in the fishbowl of public observation worrying about the clothes I wore (he’s wearing shorts?!), what kind of car I drove (we’re paying him too much if...
