Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

Into the Void

Darkness // Source “Perfectionism” is an excuse used often. When we have to ask ourselves why we still haven’t put anything out there yet, we say it’s because it’s not good enough. We pander — hesitating to tell our beloved others about what we’re...

Rules of Journal Writing Learned After 5 Years

Writer Friend Caught in Action | Credit A Case Study First off, full disclosure that I personally love the idea of personal journal-keeping. In the field of writing, I don’t think it gets nearly as much recognition as it should. Though I’m...

A Confession of Blogging

What’s the purpose of the blog? Ultimately, this is an experiment. A sandbox for me to write—hopefully even edit—thoughts about subjects that I’m passionate about. But that doesn’t give a satisfying answer. In order to properly understand, I’ll need to...

The Jinx of an Introduction

It's a jinx to write up introduction posts. Too often do writers just abandon whatever project they had in mind right after the first post.