Posts byTopher Levín

CAN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE?

In a word: No. The anxious customer and the uncertain writing project.

Confidence. Can you have too much of it? For our purposes: No.  I read something recently that made the (perfectly reasonable) point that: You are bound to have self doubt about your writing, that this is part of being a writer, and that if you don’t have any doubts about your work it’s probably not
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LCW New Year’s Musings

We're on a path and I've made some goals.

So it’s 2015. In a few months I turn 35. It doesn’t excite me, but thanks to this new adventure it doesn’t necessarily fill me with dread either. At least I’ve started down this path. It’d be nice to wish I was further along, but wishing can be dangerous. Wishing for things to be different
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SECOND CAREER MILLENNIAL

Here's the term for what I'm doing, or I guess, still in the process of trying to do.

RUMINATIONS Frequently, I ruminate on things. Things you maybe thought were settled. Things I definitely thought were settled. Sometimes, I’ve been told I even try talking through such things in my sleep. But I couldn’t say if it helps. This week, it’s the nascent About page of Last Chance Writer
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