This post presents David Isaak’s review of Steven Pressfield’s seminal and inspiring book, The War of Art. “As I mentioned back when I started this series of posts, I’m not a big fan of “inspirational” books on the writing process. I want to hear from real writers talking about writing, not life coaches urging me … Read more
There are a number of cocktails that I like, but can’t remember how the ingredients go together—or sometimes what the ingredients even are or what the name of the cocktail is. David recognized my plight and recorded some of the cocktails on a wallet-sized paper that I could carry with me. We called these the … Read more
In 2015, David and I traveled about the northeast coast of the US, including and especially New York City. In NYC, we explored as many speakeasies and other joints as we could reasonably cover. One of our favorites was the bitters tasting room, Amor Y Amargo (Amor Y Amargo | America’s Bitters and Amari Bar … Read more
Oh gosh, I was going to post another of David’s reviews of books on writing that he loved and found inspirational. But then I found his explanation on his blog about why he got started reading books on writing, and, it was just so lovely and touching and sweet. Here it is: “Way back in … Read more
Movie Review: Maestro I’m taking a little break from thinking about civil asset forfeiture. I haven’t been able to really get my head around all the data out there detailing how the forfeiture laws and processes are used, or how often, or where. (To paraphrase a social media meme: “We took on the challenge not … Read more