Why? A Blog By Tom Hoover - The Archives

I give you the questions that run through my mind while I’m thinking of topics to write in my blog.

We’re almost halfway through January. How many of your New Year’s resolutions have you actually maintained? Against all (computer) odds, I’m 1 for 1.

Creativity and inspiration are essential facets of being an artist. But the two are very different, and the latter isn’t as easy to come by as you might think.

Dammit, Jim! I’m a writer, not a doctor!

Another unhelpful conversation with my muse has left me wondering if a book is ever really finished.

I would have much preferred a lump of coal from Santa instead of the gift of self-doubt that I received and have never been able to regift.

I wonder how many good ideas have escaped me by not writing stuff down? At least a blog topic or two. Maybe seven.

A man sits in a bar, iPad open in front of him. Is this the beginning of a joke? Or something else entirely?

What do you call a non-pretentious rhetorical question? The royal we want to know. Wait, don’t answer that.

The trials and tribulations of an author blogger continue. We find our hero staring at a blank computer screen, wishing his muse would get off the sauce and lend a little inspiration.