Tag: art
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Digging Deep for Courage
As I mentioned earlier, after finishing the monumental rewrite (nope, haven’t run out of hyperbole yet), I did find myself discouraged and down. And as I dug myself out of it with the bright light of a new story idea, I began to think of courage. Which led me to Justin Timberlake. Yes, really. Hold…
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It’s a Mad World – In the Real and Fictional World
Last week I finished the rough draft of my latest WIP; it’s a total mess. Today was a doctor’s appointment for the kidlet, meaning I had to drive into town, braving the idiots on the road who clearly place a higher value on their own time – and lives – above all else. Then I…
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Resistance is Futile! : Breaking Through Internal Resistance
As I’ve been getting back into the writing groove this year, I’ve found myself floundering a bit when I found I was unable to focus on any one thing or any one project. I think most of us can recognize that this is a kind of resistance we all face in our creativity, a resistance…
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Writing Books Pt2: Books on writing and the artist’s life
Welcome back and good morning as I tell you about some of my favorite books. I confess there was some appeal to breaking last week’s post on my favorite writing books into two parts because this is probably my favorite category, so it gives me a bit more space to chat about them. Again, I…
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Making the Most of Your Time, or Different Ways to Measure Productivity
How do you measure your productivity? Is it possible your should just change your measuring device?