• Check out this site for some inspiration and company on this often solitary writing path.
• Five questions to keep in mind as you write a story from a master storyteller.
• A new challenge awaits you here if you are up for it.
• This looks like fun.
• An intriguing article on the push and release [...]
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Link Love
Posted in creative process, inspiration, motivation on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Share and Tell
Posted in inspiration on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
1. Check out The Urban Muse for adventures in reading, writing and the creative life.
2. Make your own book here.
3. For a visual feast go here.
4. This makes me yearn for my art school days of sitting behind the Philadelphia Art Museum or in Rittenhouse Square with my own sketchbook.
5. Watch this video on the [...]
Creative Tidbit
Posted in inspiration on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in awhile.”
- Gretchen Rubin
I love this quote. In fact, I printed it out in bold type and pinned it to the bulletin board in my office.
A New Year, A New (fill in the blank)
Posted in creative process, inspiration, motivation, writing on January 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This month so many magazine covers boast variations on the headline “A new year, A new you” and I am left asking myself what is wrong with the old me? For the first time in many, many years I did not approach this New Year’s eve with my usual frantic scrambling of resolutions designed to [...]
Some Link Love
Posted in inspiration, motivation on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some interesting links (that I found thanks to Leah) to inspire you as you head into the weekend.
• Break through writer’s block here
• This looks like so much fun. I think I’ll play with it after I write today. Would make great homemade gifts for the holidays.
• A pep talk to just do [...]
Write on Wednesday
Posted in creative process, inspiration, writing on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Becca asks: So, how about you? Do you find that physical activity inspires your creativity? What’s works best for you – walking, running, dancing, kickboxing? How do you get in touch with your body, and use that awareness to inform your writing? How do you keep your body and mind in [...]
Creative Tidbit
Posted in inspiration on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“I cannot expect even my own art to provide all of the answers– only to hope it keeps asking the right questions.”
- Grace Hartigan
(Interesting synchronicity… I hadn’t heard of this artist until today. I saw one of her paintings at the Gand Rapids Art Museum and made myself a note to learn more about her. [...]
Week 4 of The Artist’s Way
Posted in The Artist's Way, creative process, inspiration, motivation, reading on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Morning pages everyday day for week 3? Check. It surprised me that for several days almost the entire three pages were filled with reflections on the election and the economy.
Artist Date? Check. I volunteered at the local Obama headquarters. I did some data entry, inputting info from phone calls. I consider this an artist date [...]
My Daughters Inspire Me
Posted in inspiration on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They do. Seriously. Here are some projects that they’ve completed recently just for fun. Not for school. Not for a grade. Just for the fun of creating something.
Katie saw a memory board similar to this from Pottery Barn for about $400. She made it for under $60!
Emily loves monkeys and painted this one afternoon after [...]
Warning… whining rant ahead
Posted in inspiration, motivation, writing on March 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I know that rejection is part of this business. A huge part. I know all the numbers of rejections by writers who are now hugely popular. I know the ridiculous amount of submissions journals get each month compared to the handful they actually have room to accept and publish. I know that it can be [...]
