Steven Pressfield
I was watching the Cowboys-Lions game on TV the other night, when one of the commentators, Troy Aikman—himself a Hall of Fame Cowboys quarterback from the 90s—made an observation in praise of the current Dallas QB, Dak Prescott. “He’s seeing the field really well right now,” Troy said.
Read MoreI don’t. It’s a “lane thing” for me. On a normal working week (or working day), I definitely psych myself into a working lane, by which I mean a narrowly-focused channel that excludes all serious distraction.
Read MoreI did a podcast last week with psychotherapist Terri Cole. Do you know her?
Read MoreWe’ve been talking for the past two posts about starting a New Project before we’ve finished the Project We’re Working On Now.
Read MoreWe talked last week about my old friend and mentor Paul Rink’s advice to me when I told him I had just finished my first manuscript.
Read MoreSigned copies and gift boxes of The Daily Pressfield are flying out the door and I’m depressed.
Read MoreFirst, thanks to everybody who has jumped on board to order THE DAILY PRESSFIELD.
Read MoreFor my loyal friends of Writing Wednesdays, I have an announcement and a special offer…
Read MorePublishing “as if”—meaning, for an independent writer like me, to bring out a book AS IF it were from Random House, as if it were from Simon & Schuster—is a dream and a philosophy that my partner Diana and I have been trying to put into practice for the past two years.
Read MoreOne thing you learn though, if you’re a writer, is that nobody gives a damn. My friend Jake will ask me, “How’s the book going?” and it’s all over his face that he couldn’t give less of a shit. If anything, he’s hoping I’ll fail. When I report any setback, I can see him fighting to keep from grinning.
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