Bend the genres, beloved.
Find what is common and uncommon see where you can marry them. I promise you, there is a way to do it. And do it well. Don’t be afraid. Writing is boldness put to paper.
Get some.
Love,
JBHarris
Even the hardest work is done one word at a time.
Even work you delay is written one word at a time.
In finding the bravery to keep going to complete your work, understand the doubts will come. They will try and root. They will whisper to you. They will discourage you. But have courage, fellow oracle. Have courage!
Continue the work. Finish the work–one word at a time.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
The month is not yet over. It’s a leap year! With the magic of this day, I want you to remember that the work you have in front of you—is yours. You are responsible for its decoding and outcome.
Don’t disappoint the words that are waiting on you.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Self-rejection is a slow poison.
It is a poison whose apothecary is familiar. Whom is familiar with their victims as well as their enemies.
But what happens when they are one and the same?
Every time you reject a story, a portion of your imagination vanishes. Every time you scrap a story because you’re scared to write it, more of you vanishes.
Rage against the dying of the light.
Poison is for those dying or marked for death.
Writing is a source of life.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Writing is a strange alchemy.
This pulling something out of your head to a seeing world is still mystical. Still a wonder. Never be so cocky to think writing is “easy.”
There are some who wish the gift would come back—only to be greeted with barren imaginations…and tears.
Humility is some times the best coin of the realm.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Be gentle with yourself today.
The work in progress is called this for a reason. The progress in this work can be incremental—but do it. No matter how small or insignificant.
Do the work.
Happy, loud or sad, but do it.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Be passionate about your work.
Love all parts of it.
Embrace the journey. All of it.
You have been entrusted with the intangible to make tangible.
Wield that power wisely.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
