I’ve been dealing with a copycat lately. A Texan company has been systematically copying my entire ChurchStageDesignIdeas.com site onto theirs. Beside the obvious plagiarism and copyright violation issues…it’s really ticking me off. I’ve spent about 2 and a half years of my life curating and crafting that site. They’re even using pictures from the site saying they…
My wife and I had a massive garage sale. We were selling all our awesome books, DVDs, and Blurays. I was shocked how many people could pass up 50 cent DVDs and books. People were passing on them simply because they hadn’t heard of or experienced that particular title. It reminded me have little people…
My big brother claims he isn’t very talented. “My little brother got all the talents, even though I got all the looks.” He’s full of it. I got the looks and he got the talent. Unfortunately, he doesn’t really see his talent. He thinks a talent is the ability to paint or to sing a…
This book plot is amazing! The jacket is so promising that you know the content within lives up. It rarely does. Sometimes the best concepts for books completely fail to deliver. I’ve noticed this phenomenon in almost every area of creativity. The problem with great creativity is that, often, the concept comes simply. That initial…
Who killed Rita Scallopini’s parents? I had the chance to be part of a murder mystery party a couple weeks ago. I was one of the suspects. I had to act like a suspect, yet provide enough clues that I wasn’t the murderer – without giving it away too easily. I had a script and…
I love this YouTube video. It’s so perfect the irony contained. “I’m cooler than you!”…until I suddenly realize I’m not. “Pride comes before a fall” is the obvious application here. But I see this attitude so much creatives. We do something we think no one else has done (at least no one around us) and…
So many people attempt to follow their dreams – to create something meaningful. But so many lose strength and conviction. They don’t follow through. I’ve been guilty many times. I abandoned an amazing blog project. I left my fledgling company in neglect when I lost interest. I gave up my magic career. I lacked conviction.
“Your brain doesn’t really belong in this city.” I’ve received this compliment two times in my life. I’m not sure it was intended as a compliment in those two situations…but I take it as such. They were saying my mentality doesn’t really fit in with the culture of the city I live in. I don’t…
Change requires doing something different. This sounds elementary but I think very few people believe it. Blogs are a dying art form. It’s true there are many successful ones, but there are 10 times as many that fail. Magazines, too, are a dying art form. Yet again, there are some successful ones. But so many…
I’m in talks with a company about helping me do some pretty big things with Church Stage Design Ideas and Sunday| Magazine. We’re negotiating…going back and forth. We’re preparing a contract. One of the funniest things I’ve noticed about this process is that I’m basically planning my own demise. I’m anticipating every possible way I…