What is the Power of Awareness for Artists?
Awareness is a huge part of why you do your art – both for you and your patrons. The arts have been an expression of creativity and individuality that have…
How Do You Use Your Time?
There is ALWAYS a choice – how you use the time you have is up to you. Before life was turned upside-down for pretty much everyone, what I was doing…
Is Practice Doing or Trying?
Short answer - doing. More in-depth - practice is action. Understanding this can open you to some awesome things. Many people live by the phrase “practice makes perfect.” The problem…
Sometimes Words are Elusive
Sometimes words are elusive. They are always somewhere to be found, but words can be hard. Ever have a conversation with someone and all of a sudden you cannot remember…
Learning is a Part of Doing
Learning is a part of doing and continued education is not just for certain licenses and such. I wrote my first work of fiction, a sci-fi story when I was…
What is my Brand?
Exploring how to brand myself and what I do. I have been reading an interesting book by Shayla Raquel called The 10 Commandments of Author Branding. While a lot of…
Thoughts Made Manifest
When all is said and done that’s what words are. The depth of this can be surreal. Thoughts are often abstract, complex, and mixed. They are unclear and tend to…
Does Imagination Scare You?
Does your imagination scare you? Are you afraid to dream, or to turn your dreams into realities? Change scares the hell out of people. It is the unknown, it is…
Doubts Still Make Me Crazy
Loving what I do but still struggling with doubts from within and without. I have been living my life as a full-time artist for 8+ months now. Writing full-time and…
Doing it My Way for My life Story
Making use of a 30-day challenge in my own way as a part of my personal life story. For the fifth time, I have completed NaNoWriMo. For the uninitiated –…