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When Your Dream Dies and You Still Win
Bart Merrell spent his entire youth chasing one dream: joining the FBI. He studied accounting even though he hated it, because that was the “easiest way in.” He did everything right. Then one experimental eye surgery disqualified him for life. Just like that, the dream was gone. Often we face setbacks like Bart did. But…
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Realizing Your Art Isn’t A Sin
Talking with Allen C. Paul and we had a great discussion about hour our creativity fits into the value systems we have as followers of God. Often you think of a follower of Christ being drawn into the ministry. For Allen, it was the opposite. He was being called out of it. This is a…
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Finding Joy In Writing, Accepting The Slow Burn – With Kern Carter
You’re supposed to starve. You’re supposed to treat poverty like a personality trait. And if you don’t, well, maybe you’re not a real artist. Would you ever give that advice to somebody? Then why do we give it to ourselves? Kern Carter spent some time in that trap, but found out for himself that it…
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Creatives Need Time
Art doesn’t always pay the rent. Daniel Rodgers traded his dream for the financial reality most of us have to deal with. The thing is, he didn’t get stuck in a rut. He found an outlet for his creativity in his work, and later, focused that into art as he discovered his financial stability. The Poor…
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When They Can’t Categorize You
LightMinded Arts — with Joseph Bolton Sometimes the stories that mean the most get lost to us when we lose the only people who knew those stories. Joseph Bolton had to dig to find his family stories, and they turned into an obsession. When he sat down with me for this episode of LightMinded Arts,…
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What Keeps Creatives Broke
As an artist, do you ever feel like you’re playing truth or dare with your reputation and sanity? Did you really really sign up for this. I’ve hit that moment more times than I want to admit. And talking with Justin reminded me that I’m not the only one. The Struggling Artist Mindset Justin said…
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The Day Jeff Realized a Job Would Never Save Him
Maybe because I saw pieces of myself in Jeff Kikel’s story, or maybe because it reminded me how fragile the whole idea of “security” really is, but I felt an immediate kinship to this entrepreneur. Luckily I never went through the same demoralizing treatment he received. The Novelist Who Ended Up in Finance Jeff told…
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The Creative Lie We All Fall For
I thought we’d talk about wizard schools and worldbuilding and maybe a little about Neil Gaiman sprinkled in for flavor. Instead, I walked away thinking about the one belief that I’ve been a proponent of over the last couple of years, but which Ryan challenged for me today. It starts with a phrase we’ve all…
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James Rollins on the Hidden Cost of Creativity
I’ve been thinking about this conversation ever since we wrapped it. When James Rollins joined me for LightMinded Arts, I didn’t want another surface‑level chat about craft or his characters. I wanted to dig into the part most people skip, the emotional and financial cost of living a creative life. What it actually takes to…
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The Leap, the Ladder, and the Lie We Creatives Keep Telling Ourselves
Some people build their lives like spreadsheets, color‑coded and laminated. Others sell their house, throw everything in storage, and fly to Sweden for a job they’re not qualified for because something deep inside says, “Go.” Sabine Hutchison is definitely the second kind. And maybe that’s why her story stuck with me. It isn’t about luck…
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