Today, I am grateful to return to my guest post series, especially after a long break! (If you are keen to be a guest writer on my blog, please check out my guidelines for guest posts by scrolling to the bottom of my About page and share your ideas with me) For more than two years now, I've been … Continue reading Guest Post: Why I am “tech optimistic”… but not in the way you might think
Of late I've been struggling with what to write. An idea would grab my attention and sit for a day or two in my head, then suddenly disappear. That's rarely happened. Til now. Also, more often than before, I now find myself waiting until the night before my weekly blog deadline, sweating buckets just to … Continue reading Endless Scrolling Is Killing My Attention & Writing. So How Do I Transition Out Of Scrolling?
A couple of weeks ago, I met up with a fellow writer. We first got to know one another in 2024 and bonded over, what else, writing. Since that year, we've met up several times and texted one another even more. Always nice to have another writer to talk to about writing, and all the … Continue reading New Writer Series: Living With Less
Happy New Year! It's been over a month now since I took my annual year-end writing break. But something's a little different about this recent hiatus. I didn't miss writing as much as before! Blogging consistently over the past eight years, I've always looked forward to a new year of creating and writing whenever January … Continue reading What Will My Writing Look Like In 2026?
If ever there was a good reason not to write, it would be pain. Like the one I am feeling of late. The kind of pain that may never ever fade. How does one continue to write when there is such a pain? A pain that's now a permanent fixture in my life? Like an … Continue reading Writing Through The Pain Of A Diagnosis
After writing and blogging faithfully for seven years now, I thought it's become second nature for me to write regularly and unceasingly. I thought nothing could keep me from it. I was wrong. This week, I felt so tempted to take a rest and not write for a while. This week, I thought I had … Continue reading Keep Writing Through The Storms Of Life
Typically when one has hit his 500th blog post (which I did two years ago), there's already a strong sense of accomplishment. But why stop there, right? The next aim should be the 1,000th blog post. While I certainly don't plan on stopping, I think 700 is about as good a midway check point now … Continue reading My 700th Post In My 7th Year Of Blogging Is All About The Next 7 Years
A few years ago, when I started looking for like-minded writers (to share a common love for, and commiserate about, writing), I had hoped to replicate the success I had finding other stay-at-home dads like me to join a community to talk about parenting. Silly me. Thinking they -- writers and stay home dads -- … Continue reading When It Comes To Writing, Am I Asking Too Much?
By now, this should be familiar territory for me. Having had my writing rejected before by other publishers, the latest rejection (five days ago) of my book manuscript no longer has the sting the previous ones did. In fact, it was actually liberating and affirming in ways I didn't expect. And to top it off, … Continue reading Resting From Book Writing (For Now)
Let me state upfront in this new year I'm well aware titling this blog post entry the way I did might come across as insensitive. Cos, after two weeks, the ravages of the recent California fires are still being felt in America. But the "fired up" analogy does capture to a large degree my thoughts … Continue reading All fired up for more opportunities this new year!
