Shared Disaster

Today, my thoughts went off on a weird tangent—as they so often are prone to do. I cannot specifically remember what triggered the tangent, but I remember wondering how everyone around me would respond if we had suddenly been caught on the outskirts of a natural disaster. Not in the midst of it; just close…

To Go Boldly

In the summer of 2016 we wrote about a topic that was very important to us. Back then, it was nearing the 50th Anniversary of one story’s origin; yesterday marked the 100th birthday of its creator. Today we decided to get together and rework that old post, taking another look at what this story means to us–especially now, more than ever.

— The Night Crew

Update: Happy Birthday, Nocturnal Mind!

So, a year ago today I officially launched Nocturnal Mind. It had been a work-in-progress for a while before then, actually starting out its life as a single page website where I could post work for a photography class I was taking. Since then, its transformation has been a dramatic one–and every day this tiny corner of…

Write Now, Edit Later

It seems like the most basic piece of advice for a writer, but I think it’s the one a lot of us have the most trouble with. Artists tend to be perfectionists, and if something doesn’t come out exactly the way we want it to right from the beginning, we tend to get discouraged. I…