Working from a Plan: Progress Report
I had no idea working from a plan could so drastically increase my productivity. For most of my life as a writer, I have been a pantser. My friend and…
Producing Quality and Quantity
Defining quality and quantity and the balance between them. When it comes to producing anything at all, the argument has always existed about quality and quantity. Normally these are placed…
The Business of the Arts
As a self-published author, I am my own business. That presents numerous challenges. The business end of being an artist comes with a lot of complex needs and issues. I,…
Planning is Not a Bad Thing
Planning is part of my newest approach to my writing practice. I recently wrote about exploring my overall practice of writing. I asked how much writing is enough writing? In…
You May Be Unable to Art
And that is okay. Welcome to the post-pandemic world. There are numerous reasons why you may be unable to art. The author doing art on a huge monitor. There are…
Do Your Words Inspire or Dishearten?
You have the choice of whether your words inspire and build or dishearten and destroy. Photo by Romain Vignes on Unsplash Words are powerful. Your words matter. The words you…
To Art – or – Not to Art?
How is this even a question? Art is life. My fencing buckler. Yes, I both built and painted this! Art is an expression of the self that tends to get…
No One Way is Right
Everyone has their own approach to the artistic process. But more than that, everyone is unique and so, too, is the way they do things. My way is not the…
The Reviews are In!
Remember that it is important not to take them personally. With the publication of my new sci-fi book, I did something I have never done before. I hired someone to…
Developing and adjusting the artistic business model
Creatives who intend to make a living off their work need to consider developing and adjusting their approach – especially now. The world we live in has changed. It was…