Today I’m outlining a case for making bad art and why that’s so important. Now I can be kind of a perfectionist by nature so this goes a bit against the grain- if you’re a perfectionist as well, just hang in there with me! It may seem silly to make bad art on purpose, but […]
I’ve been taking September off from creating new content on my blog. Instead I’ve linked to a few older posts in case you want to give them a look… plus I’m bribing you to stick around with fun pictures 🙂 Today’s Theme: Writing Prompts Sometimes we need a little spark to get our ideas flowing, […]
It’s been a weird summer for us with social distancing, canceled plans, and staying close to home for the most part. Yet it’s also been filled with picnics, berry picking, walks in the woods, and some awesome reading program offerings through the public library… we have much to be thankful for. <3 Here’s some snippets […]
It’s summer and it’s time to practice some creativity play! Sometimes writing is work. Art can be work. There’s a myth about the creative person who is “living the dream” and always enjoying every moment of what they do- but in real life there is always some measure of toil involved. There are mindless tasks, […]
Sharing is caring, my friends, so here are some of my favorite things as summer draws to a close. Please feel free to comment below or send me a note with some of your “best of the summer” recommendations as well! I always love hearing from you 🙂 My Summer Reading List Note: Book links […]
Here are some of my favorite things from the month- enjoy! Book Review: The Personal MBA- Master the Art of Business Note: Links for this book are affiliate links which means if you purchase something I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Don’t worry, I only recommend things I actually […]
Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the adventure of living and writing well. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Book Review: The Writer’s Brush by Donald Friedman Note: Links for this book are affiliate links which means if you purchase something I […]
Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the adventure of living and writing well. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Round Up: Writing Point of View Writing point of view (or POV) refers to the narrator of a story and how […]
Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the adventure of living and writing well. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Round Up: Writing Fight Scenes Writing good action scenes in our stories can be incredibly hard. We want a fight that […]
Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the adventure of living and writing well. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Roundup: Query Letters A query letter is like a cover letter for our novel that is sent to an agent. It […]