I’m Jason McBride, a freelance ghostwriter & B2B copywriter, illustrator, best-selling author, and poet-cartoonist. I explore what it means to be human through poems and essays, poetry comics, and illustrated essays.

You can find my books and zines in physical and ebook form at most online booksellers. You can also buy directly from my Weirdo Poetry Shop.

I publish illustrated essays several times a week on Substack, Medium, and right here on my blog. Each Sunday I send out a free newsletter with updates on my latest book projects and paywall-free links to everything I have published during the previous seven days. If you sign up for the Sunday newsletter, Be the Weird, you also get a free ebook.

How to Create a Life You Love

No magical thinking required.

When was the last time you proved to yourself that you are human?

Life isn’t meant to just be endured. It’s meant to be loved. How do you go about creating a life you love? Poet-cartoonist and author Jason McBride shows that the secret to creating a life you love is to be your most human self.

Happiness doesn’t come from vision boards or birthday wishes. Happiness comes from intentionally creating a life you love through trial and error. It comes from taking responsibility for your life.

This cozy collection of 36 illustrated essays will give you the courage to stop being a servant of productivity and start seeing each day as a chance to make small choices that create a life of peace, happiness, and contentment.

You only have one shot at this life. Why not choose to create a life you love?

Available everywhere books are sold.