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This is a blog about the creative process. It features anecdotes and links and other glimpses into the act of creating things.

Creativity is beautiful and blinding and painful and the most human thing we do. Let's look at it some more. It matters.

Things I otherwise write or have written:
A book.
Items in many anthologies.
Plays of varying lengths.
Video games.
Commercials.
Radio stories on a broad range of topics for various national public radio programs.
Assorted blogs.
A Twitter feed (@johnmoe).
Book reviews.

Other creative things I've done:
Hosted public radio shows of the national and local varieties.
Sung in rock bands.
Acted in many stage plays and commercials.
Ran an electronic greeting cards site, poorly.
Edited Amazon.com's toy store site.
Parented.

I've also worked as a file clerk for a law firm that represented Exxon in the Valdez spill.

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23rd November 2009

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Graham Parker talks about getting his band to simmer down

He said I can’t do anything with these people. They got so much ego. That’s what he said, they, you know, it’s all about them. It’s not about the song. I said but you know you’ve worked with the, the Stones, Jack. You, you know, what are you talking about? He said the Stones have no ego. It blew my mind. I was working with these guys you know. We’re not exactly superstars here. You know. He said the Stones it’s all about the song. If Keith can play the bass better than Bill he plays it, you know. So I said to Jack well tell the band to play the way you want them to.


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