Chad Grayson

You Are Your Most Important Creative Asset

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All of us who are trying to be creators, of whatever stripe, need to manage our resources carefully. We come from all sorts of backgrounds, have whatever amount of money available for our pursuits (or not at all) We have different resources of time whatever our concordant responsibilities, but there’s one thing absolutely everyone has, and it’s unreplaceable. Your most important creative asset is yourself. No one else can create […]

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My Favorite Tools for Writing and Publishing Books!

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In the past couple of years, I’ve sort of become a one-stop shop for producing books. I write them. I do the covers. I format them. I create my own promotional social media graphics. The only thing I outsource these days is editing, and that is an expense I’ll continue to pay for because I have no confidence in my own ability to edit myself properly, plus I have an

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Maximizing My Schedule

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There are all sorts of productivity routines out there. Most of them say something like, ‘Do your most important work first when you’ve just gotten up and are fresh for the day,’ or ‘Get up at 5am and knock out a couple of hours of work before everyone else has started their day.’ Now, there’s nothing wrong with these strategies. They work for a lot of people, but they’re sold

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Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down

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It’s been a rough time to be a person with any sense of empathy and moral responsibility. I probably don’t need to go into the reasons why. The worst people are in charge and they’re proud and boastful about the harm they’re doing to the most vulnerable. Many of these people are supported by friends and family we once thought we could trust, and that betrayal hits harder than almost

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Do It Until It Doesn’t Suck!

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Late last year, after the worst year of my life, I decided to throw another project on the pile (and on top of the wreckage): getting into shape. I had just been dumped. I was finishing up my graphic design degree. I’d been living with my parents for several months. Everything had fallen apart, but I thought, this is something I need to do to feel better about myself. So,

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In Defense of Theme

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I’ve run across a lot of people lately who say something like, ‘I’m not writing with a message. I just want to write fun stories that entertain people,’ and also, ‘Thinking about the big ideas you’re working with is misguided, it’s not a writer’s job to work with a theme in mind, it’s the job of the critic to think about theme.’ There’s also the old wisdom that says, ‘If

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