David H Hubbard

I think therefore I write.

I write intending to think – but not out of the box.

I am out of the box. I always have been, though not always where I need to be.

I have always written but became a writer once I made it my mission to climb into the boxes of others and help with their stuff; peek in the corners and deepen their space; make room for new and perhaps more inventive possibilities; augment them from other sources or introduce new boxes.

Boxes are our worlds in comfortable spaces we may have no reason to escape. They provide the parameters and boundaries we need to navigate and stay focused on our priorities to live freely and work more creatively with what we enjoy and do best.

Think out of the box and we are awash; like a loose balloon hissing and dissipating into the ether. Bring it to the box.

I am deeply grateful for my publishers, editors and fellow writers along my way who saw enough to have joined me in my boxes to share their experience, sage advice and valuable tools.

My 40 years as a writer and editor in magazine publishing is extensive and varied. This select sampling of articles and columns illuminates the wide range of areas and topics I have covered. These are only a few of the many people and organizations I have engaged and had the privilege to work with and know.

I hope my articles and columns reflect the tremendous pleasure I take in helping others tell their stories.

Through my writing I get closer to the jazz musician I wish I were.

I settle on the themes and trains of thought; get a feel for the structure, progressions and flow, then turn my riffs and phrasings with an economy of words to deliver a solo I hope is worth reading – and always with due respect for the story at hand.

It is their song; I am the arranger.