Kameron Is Creating

July 17, 2026

Are you a morning person or a night person?

In grad school, I knew so many writers who basically wrote in the middle of the night. Like, either 1 AM to 3 AM or 4 AM to 6 AM (all of which I consider the middle of the night, even though I often have to wake up at 6 AM for work these days). I’ve learned that my most productive hours, generally speaking, are about two hours after I wake up. The problem with this, of course, is that my day job often conflicts with these productive hours.

Sometimes, that doesn’t really matter. When work is slow, like it is now, it’s easy for me to squeeze in some work around my job tasks. But when things are busy, everything kind of comes to a halt.

So I’m left wondering–how do I turn myself in to a early morning or late night person? I love sleep, and tend to really suffer when I don’t get enough of it, so when am I supposed to write?

I don’t have a solution to that right now, and I’m literally asking for advice. Please, other creatives, let me know how you’re working around your day job!

Love and gratitude, friends.

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July 16, 2026

Have you ever considered that you might be the thing holding you back?

Unfortunately, our brains don’t always know the difference between reality and what’s just in our heads. There’s real science behind this (at least there is according to a therapist I had awhile back). Apparently, if you’re stressed and can’t talk to your person about it (partner, best friend, parent, etc.), you can imagine talking to that person and your brain will treat it as if it’s happening. If you imagine your person telling you everything will be alright, your brain will calm you down as if you’re actually hearing those words. Pretty cool, right?

But of course the flipside of that is, your brain also believes the bad stuff you tell it. Like you’ll never finish your creative project, or everyone will laugh at you if you try to share your passions. The more you tell yourself that, the more your brain internalizes it until you can’t even fathom a different possibility.

So, be careful what you tell yourself. And maybe focus on believing in what you can do instead of thinking about all the reasons you can’t.

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July 15, 2026

Short one today, folks.

I’ve talked about CAConrad before as a poet I draw inspiration from, but I also wanted to shout out one of my previous professors, Katrine Øgaard Jensen. You can read some of her amazing poems here.

I think the thing I loved about Katrine so much is that she truly saw writing as something that could be done collaboratively and in community with others. Part of why she was able to have that mindset is because she didn’t see the writing world as operating on scarcity. Rather than see her fellow writers as competitors for publishing deals, she approached everything as if there was plenty to go around. This is a mindset I’ve tried to adopt as well, believing that we can all get the recognition we want, and that there will never be too many writers in the world. It makes me feel better.

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July 14, 2026

Short one today, folks. The goal is everyday, and sometimes that means things are short!

Have you thought about submitting your work to a literary magazine, but chickened out for fear of rejection? Here’s the bottom line–you’re going to get rejected. That’s just the way the numbers work out. So, my advice, get it over with as soon as possible! The sooner you get that first one out of the way, the better you’ll feel.

And keep an eye out for my Guide to Literary Magazine’s…should be here next month!

Love and gratitude, as always.

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July 13, 2026
I think the beauty of creative practices is that they naturally lend themselves to change and innovation. After all, it’s hard to be creative when other parts of your life are stagnated. Some things I’ve been trying lately include–
1. Ellipsus. I mentioned this yesterday, and it really is a great software. Being internet-based isn’t the best, but overall, I greatly prefer it to Google docs.
2. You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero, specifically the audiobook version. I don’t usually like audiobooks for fiction, but it turns out it works really well for self-help. Am I a bit embarrassed to admit I’m reading this? A little. But I do think it’s helping my relationship to money, so I wanted to mention it.
3. The 100 Push-Ups Challenge. I’ve done this before and fizzled out around week 3, and thought I’d pick it up again. I really can’t make myself do it though, for whatever reason. So…
I’m ditching the push-ups. It’s just not working! I’m going to try to do a bit of yoga every day instead, even if it’s just bedtime yoga.

Is there anything new you’ve been trying lately that just isn’t working? Consider ditching it! Find something that works for you.

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July 12, 2026

I always, always sign off my posts with an expression of gratitude for anyone who might be reading. I think that’s really important, both because I want to honor the folks taking the time to read my ramblings, and because gratitude is an important practice in my life. So, I thought I’d share a few other things I’m grateful for these days:

My dog, Peggy Sue. She’s the sweetest thing. Enjoying looking at the picture of her I added.

Ellipsus, a new writing software I’ve discovered that doesn’t use your writing to train gen-AI. Radical.

My wonderful partner and our roommate, who are both always there to cheer me up.

And, of course, all of you.

Much love and gratitude. I really mean it.

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July 11, 2026

I’m not usually an affirmation person. Generally speaking, I find them kind of corny. But, every now and then, I stumble across run that really works for me, like this one:

I define my own standard of excellence.

Excellence is one of my core values, so that is a standard I am holding myself to confidently–if you aren’t doing something with excellence, why do it? And while I’m proud of my pursuit of excellence, I also recognize that because of it, I’m sometimes very hard on myself. So the idea of defining excellence for myself instead of using outside metrics was weirdly liberating. Because, while I do think everything should be done with excellence, there are things outside my control that could mean my standard of excellence needs to adapt.

Do you like affirmations? Share your favorites with me, or whatever else is lifting you up today.

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July 10, 2026

What does success look like to you?

I’ve had to really re-think success lately, especially when it comes to this blog. At this point, I’ve published a blog post every day for over 30 days. And I don’t know that I have much to show for it. There are a couple people who consistently like my posts (thank you so much, by the way, it means a lot to me), but I haven’t really seen any growth. I haven’t picked up new subscribers here, or two my newsletter, or my Patreon. I’m just sort of tossing things into the void. So why am I doing it?

For whatever reason, I kind of like it. I think it helps my brain to sort of dump these little posts out as a way to gear up for more focused work. And maybe a journal would achieve the same purpose, but I can’t help but think that there might be some benefit to having this record of my thoughts more public. I don’t know. And maybe I don’t really care.

Today, success looks like posting to this blog every day just because I enjoy it. What about you?

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July 9, 2026

I’ve been rewatching a lot of documentaries recently, things I’ve seen before and that I’ve already rewatched before. Yesterday morning, for example, I turned on a documentary about the Titan submersible.

I’m doing a lot of ‘new’ stuff recently–new goals, new work environment, new systems and processes to try and balance my work life with my writing life. And I think amid all that new, my brain is looking for ways to shut off. So, I’m rewatching documentaries.

Is there something you’ve been doing recently that might be your brain looking for a break? Share in the comments.

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July 8, 2026

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