Author: Jeff Garvin
Author of SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN and THE LIGHTNESS OF HANDS. Cohost of THE HERO'S JOURNEY podcast. Rock musician, D&D geek, aspiring revolutionary.
Yesterday, I took a break from novel-writing to return to an old love: acting.
I ended my 7-year hiatus on the set of In The Mind’s Eye, a British psychological thriller starring Craig Rees, in which I play a well-intentioned South London street punk who attempts to aid the damsel in distress, only...
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Sometimes when I set my iPhone to shuffle, old songwriting demos come up. Usually I skip them–but when this one came up during my morning drive, I was compelled to listen.
Musicians often relate touring to going to war: the squalid living conditions, the long absence from loved ones, the constant...
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Sad music heals.
Teenagers’ bodies grow impossibly fast and, as a result, they are constantly vacillating between states of damage and repair, not unlike muscles after a workout.
Imagine what’s happening to their souls.
My body may have stopped growing, but my soul is still that tormented teenager,...
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So far, my favorite part of being a new author is the inspiring, creative community I’ve joined. Case in point: the gracious and talented Lissa Price. I had the opportunity to meet Ms. Price at Thrillerfest in New York this past July. She was such a blast to hang out with that I picked up her book, Starters,...
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Why Me?
What qualifies me, a not-yet-published novelist and (frequently negligent) blogger, to give you advice on how to break through writer’s block? I’m no newbie to creativity. I earned a BFA in Film Production and won the Chapman University Visual Storytelling Award. I’ve written over a hundred...
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At the beginning of this year (which feels like about three weeks ago), I shared 6 Steps to Creative Fulfillment.
Blink. It’s fleeping JUNE. When did that happen?!
The year is almost half gone—but I’m here to insist it’s not too late to have your best creative year ever. To that purpose, I present...
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