Archive - 8-Minute Essays

New prompt: What is enough?

The essence of enough is powerful. It unearths things.

Mar 5

How we write (we just do)

Chapter 1 of A Guide to Getting the Truth on the Page

Mar 3

February 2026

New prompt: Disaster

Sure, anything can be one. And then we look closer.

Feb 25

For writing's sake

Preface to A Guide to Getting the Truth on the Page

Feb 24

START HERE - Book Release

But not the kind you think

Feb 23

New prompt: Making memories

Fabricating food for the beast that is time

Feb 19

New prompt: Split second

Even the most bad-boned among us aren't rotten to their core.

Feb 12

New prompt: Stop the presses

Meet the self-appointed Despot of the Laundry Room

Feb 6

January 2026

New prompt: What's the story you want to tell?

Maybe it's not so complicated after all

Jan 31

New prompt: Let yourself be

Be humble, be useful, be alive... let me be the worm.

Jan 22

New prompt: write a recipe

The comfort of a nice bulleted list

Jan 15

Try this one again: "I used to be..."

Some prompts just keep on bubblin'.

Jan 9

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