A word on Episode XI – About the creative process

I am often caught off guard about how my words… impact others.

And it never ceases to humble me.

A response to a reader… who asked if a person can be taught “how to write” and who queried about my creative process (a Spring flashback).

Words as a survival strategy or weaponry for the treachery arrayed against me

The assumption is made…. that I sit on a rock in a remote locale and in the process of sitting:

Wanderings in the Land of the Rising Sun (2019)

An epiphany of ethereal proportions descends upon me, that I quickly transcribe into prose or narrative.

Sounds glorious, doesn’t it?

Well… that’s bullshit, it isn’t easy at all… actually the creative process hurts at times, sometimes the prose that has inspired a small legion was written through the storms of what I refer to as the Fuckery.

On Episode XI of my (not so fledgling podcast As the Incense Burns) I talk about one of those mediums:

The Conversion Method... come through and add me to your playlist, have words do travel.

A word on Episode XI – About the creative process

Episode 62 – The cooking of the cookbook – As the Incense Burns 🔥

On this episode… I'm thinking out loud. In the run up to this forthcoming cookbook, something to consider. A cookbook, recipes? Are truly love letters and historical documents, especially when you think of the love and stories shared by way of a meal. This truth has been something that has echoed for me in my role as a genealogist and a chef.