Writing Process
How to Beat (Song)Writer’s Block
A few months ago, I was struggling to write songs. This fact totally shocked me. I have been a songwriter from the age of 13, and for quite some years,…
posted October 29, 2013
Writing Process
How to Write a Novel
Disclaimer: This post is really just my scribbling about process. So skip this if you are looking for deep spiritual insights or cute stories about my kids and read this…
posted October 21, 2012
Writing Process
September Garden and Life is in the Practice
I look out at my garden these days and drink it in, knowing that by Saturday morning it will likely be gone. All that work in September. Worth every bit…
posted October 10, 2012
Sermons
Writing Process
Back at the Fruit Tree
Phillip Price of the Winterpills (and formally of the Maggies) once said to me that every time he got an idea for a song he wrote five different versions of…
posted April 3, 2012
Nields
Writing Process
Writing The Full Catastrophe
Third in a series of posts about the songwriting on our new CD The Full Catastrophe, due out April 10. This photo is of Dave Chalfant figuring out a kick-ass…
posted March 14, 2012
