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Believing in the power of art opens you both to give and receive art

What Can You Do with the Power of Art?

August 22, 2023

Art is both empowering and powerful. The power of art is apparent in many, many forms. Paintings, sculptures, books, architecture, music, acting, dance, fiber works, and so many other places. And within each of these, numerous genres, subgenres, themes, schools, types, variations, and more. Art is the ultimate in human expression. Creations for beauty, thought, emotion, communication, revelation, revolution, and more. We know vast swaths of human history – all around the world – from

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keep doing what I love

I’m Striving to Keep Doing What I Love to Do

August 15, 2023

What I love is a combination of things that all tie to one thing. I love storytelling. Recently, I went to the big medieval event I attend every August with about 10,000+ people. For 9 days or so, I lived in a canvas square pavilion (10×10 feet, 5 poles, the center is about 9 feet tall). I spent time with friends just hanging out and talking, and did a ton of medieval fencing – both

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making choices as an authorpreneur

Making Choices to Change My Business Model

August 8, 2023

Altering my path as an authorpreneur When I first began to self-publish, I used CreateSpace. Via this fantastic website, I could format both an eBook (Kindle) and paperback for publication – mostly to Amazon. I started slowly. It began with some of my nonfiction works. This, in time, would be moved to a separate name (I’m published under 2 names – one for fiction and one for nonfiction). But it also led me to start

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consistency gets work done

Consistency in Doing Your Art is Deeply Satisfying

August 1, 2023

I love how it feels to consistently reach “the end”. While everyone – and I mean everyone – is a creator in one form or another, not everyone is an artist. There are a wide range of arts to consider. Fiber arts, music, dance, painting, sculpture, writing, cake creation and decoration, and so much more. Artists, in my experience, tend to come in 4 varieties: wannabes, amateurs, hacks, and pros. Pros intentionally make money from

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the tools of self-publishing

Websites, Social Media, Email, and Other Marketing Tools of Self-Publishing

July 25, 2023

Writing is only the first step of the creative process for self-publishing. When I first started writing – as a 9-year-old – and completed my first sci-fi story; more than anything, I wanted to be a published author. Visions of my books being on the shelves at all the bookstores and in libraries danced in my head. A little context is necessary here, however. I was 9 years old in 1981. Suffice it to say

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The lines between personal vs impersonal and sharing vs oversharing are not set in stone

Personal vs Impersonal, Sharing Vs Oversharing, and the Lines Between Them

July 18, 2023

Welcome to my brain dump. All kinds of things go through my head on a regular basis. Some you might read here or in another blog. Some are kept close to the vest – and either written out in my physical journal or not at all. Whatever the case may be – I have a lot of thoughts on this topic. Specifically, personal versus impersonal and sharing versus oversharing. Why does this matter? Because the

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The Philosophy of the Titanium Don

I post here twice weekly about my work with Positivity, Mindfulness, and Conscious Reality Creation. I’ve been blogging every week, without fail, since the beginning of 2012.

Mondays – Positivity (and related ideas for making choices and decisions in life).

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