Wish Lists “If you’re feeling listless, make a list.”- Siimon Reynolds, Better Than Chocolate One way to get your imagination kick-started is to make lists. List of things you want,…
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster. Isaac Asimov In looking for role models for my life,…
I’m starting a series of post profiling different hobbies, passions or pursuits. I’ll cover what it is, what you need to do or have to dip your toe in, what…
Writing Hurdles “For writers, a block is not a block is not a block. Blocks come in all shapes and sizes.” – Rachel Ballon. I’m reading the “Writer’s Portable Therapist”…
Writer’s Resources One of the first things the members of my writer’s group, Carpe Libris, did when I joined was make sure I had the right tools for selling my…
Getting your act together Your crafting or writing time is precious. It helps to be organized so that you’re not wasting that time looking for patterns, figuring out what the…
Writing a pitch, tagline or back cover blurb “In a world..” I bet you can hear the announcer’s voice, describing the latest movie coming out. It answers the question, “what’s…
Adventures If you are stuck in a rut, the best thing to do is take a step sideways. If you are sitting staring at a blank page and nothing seems…
If you want the right answers, ask the right questions. My husband and I have this great routine where he questions why I did some thoughtless, lazy or ridiculous thing,…
Everyone was a newbie once.
The coolest, most talented, innovative and put-together people in the world didn’t start that way. When starting out on a new creative endeavor, the natural tendency is to pick someone’s perfect piece to compare it to. You want to learn rock carving, so you hammer away at your first slab of rock and then despair because it doesn’t look like Michaelangelo’s David. Was that the first thing he ever made? I don’t think so! But no one wants to be a noob.
