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Michael P. Smith
I never used to be scared of the circus. I am now.
Michael P. Smith
The crippling self doubt, the paralysing fear of failure, and the heartbreak of rejections.
You're crippled, scared, and heartbroken because you're doing something so huge it is terrifying.
Enjoy the angst. Lean in to it. That's how art is made.
You're crippled, scared, and heartbroken because you're doing something so huge it is terrifying.
Enjoy the angst. Lean in to it. That's how art is made.
Michael P. Smith
Believe in yourself and what it is you do. Not in a superficial way. Truly believe in your power to impact people and the world through story.
Write with meaning. Try to handle themes and ideas far bigger than yourself. Give a voice to the voiceless.
And whatever happens, just keep writing.
Write with meaning. Try to handle themes and ideas far bigger than yourself. Give a voice to the voiceless.
And whatever happens, just keep writing.
Michael P. Smith
The Ballad of the Black Valley - a new western set in a revisionist 1970's Gippsland with elements of magical realism and mythology.
The Great Forest in the Sky - an illustrated children's book that teaches to put the world and all the living things in it over mindless, selfish profiteering.
The Great Forest in the Sky - an illustrated children's book that teaches to put the world and all the living things in it over mindless, selfish profiteering.
Michael P. Smith
As a younger man, before I moved to Australia chasing a girl, I called a dirty old town in the north of England my home.
There used to be something of a man around town, a local and national celebrity who misused his power to abuse people.
People knew about it. They did nothing about it. It was tragic and it was quite avoidable. The more I looked at society, the more I noticed this was commonplace. Across the entire western world.
The more you look at life, the more you see that society is a serpent coiling around and devouring itself. Some days we are the head. Some days we are the tail.
Someone, a better and more influential person than I, needs to break the cycle.
There used to be something of a man around town, a local and national celebrity who misused his power to abuse people.
People knew about it. They did nothing about it. It was tragic and it was quite avoidable. The more I looked at society, the more I noticed this was commonplace. Across the entire western world.
The more you look at life, the more you see that society is a serpent coiling around and devouring itself. Some days we are the head. Some days we are the tail.
Someone, a better and more influential person than I, needs to break the cycle.
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