life – Andrew Careaga

The subtle art of not trying

‘You don’t try. That’s very important: “not” to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality.’ – Charles Bukowski

This summer has not been kind to my writer self.

I could blame my lack of productivity on a hundred things, but the crux of the matter has been that I’ve been too focused on the wrong things as a writer.

The call of the weird

For writers and other artists, weirdness is a virtue

Do you ever write something and think, This will never fly? That it’s just too weird to share?

Same here. My notebooks, laptop, Notes app, and Google docs are stuffed with ideas that may or may not become stories.