Inspiration

Yearning: the ache at the center of our lives

The thing that endlessly intrigues me about yearning is the ache of it. It’s both painful and precious and can even be strangely pleasurable. It’s not…

Dec 7, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

Lessons from My New Friend: Jeff Hiller

The drama of friendships at the center of our lives

Jul 27, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

Reclaiming your story

Hell is other people’s stories (or mis-stories) about us.

Jul 6, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

The biggest question of all: Does your story matter?

There are certain writing truisms that I repeat and repeat and repeat because I believe in them so deeply.

Jun 29, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

It's time to play. Seriously.

Or yalp if you want.

Jun 22, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

Carpe diem the crap out of every single moment?

Urgency, glimmers, memorable moments, mortality

May 18, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

Writing retreats and you

Get away to find yourself. And your story.

Apr 20, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

Silence as a way to hear yourself

Mar 23, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

"Once the skin is broken": Fermentation in art and love and wine

A creative meditation

Mar 16, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

A grab bag of creative do-dads and do-moms

Feb 23, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

Prompting Stories

The creative magic of randomness

Feb 9, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

Writing with Trauma: The "Butterfly Effect"

Turning to ritual as a way to create after tragedy

Jan 26, 2025 • Grant Faulkner

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