Writers Need Artist Dates
Writers need artist dates to renew the spark of inspiration… [ Read More ]
Motivation
Writing and Creating Take Determination
No one starts out writing great stuff; we all start out writing crap. However, over time we get better and know more about writing than we did when we started. Determination is everything.
The Successful Writer’s Personal Hero’s Journey
To be a successful writer is on a personal hero’s journey. To venture on, the writer must take the necessary steps outside the norm, and face the Threshold Guardians.
Resistance and the War of Art
“It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance. Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be … Read more
What You Can Imagine is Real
“Everything you can imagine is real.” -Pablo Picasso I’m designing and editing today. The path to success is paved by forward momentum and perseverance, not by negativity and fear. Be it writing or playing the piano, the act of creation yields power in its completion. Creation is a form of energy, and we have a … Read more
What Did You Learn to become a Professional Writer?
Authoring novels and books is definitely an expedition with pitfalls, lessons, and wins all along the way. Here are a few valuable things things that I learned when becoming a professional writer. I hope some of them will help you in your work.
My Cover Art
When Rigoli and I started writing together, I’d create cover art. It helped to make the writing—our books—feel real…
After NaNoWriMo, now what?
Now that you have finished your NaNoWriMo “dirty draft,” what do you do next? Read more…
Leaving Better Legacies
In my family, we tend to leave positive, creative legacies. The idea of leaving legacies had me thinking about the recent tragedies. I wondered what legacy was passed on to the kids who committed such heinous crimes? And then, I wondered about the legacy being propagated by the media, social, and ourselves? #betterlife #amwriting #creating #imagination #changetheworld
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