Learning not to be afraid of money and its relationship to your art. When you do a hobby, it is entirely for your own edification. You do the thing you do for fun, because it makes you feel good, and because it stirs creative juices and produces life-affirming endorphins and so on. There are almost as many options for hobbies as there are people in the world. Some are pretty general and obvious – such
I can’t do it all. But that just means I need to delegate. When it comes to my brand as an artist, I am a creator. I’m a writer, editor, photographer, intermediate website builder, and ideas person. When it comes to creating new ideas and building worlds, I am damned good at what I do. In writing about both my ongoing process and mindfulness, conscious reality creation, positivity, and the like – I have developed
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 fellow author Val Griswold-Ford introduced me to the notion of planners vs panters. Though I have defined this before, let me clarify – a pantser is someone who writes by the seat of their pants. They sit at the keyboard or in front of the
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 in opposition to one another. But does this need to be the way it is? I say no, it doesn’t. You can have quality and quantity together. No matter what you are producing – art or otherwise – it’s possible to work on both quality
Making time for both writing and editing requires some balancing acts. I love to write. Getting the words out of my head and onto the page and screen is exciting. But while the process tends to go fairly quickly for me, there is another step that is less fun – but necessary. Editing. I need to edit what I write. While editing can be a challenge – it is still an important necessity. There is
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, for example, am three different writers in one. First, I am a writer of fiction. My primary focus has been fantasy, sci-fi, and Steampunk. I have a multi-novel fantasy series that’s been underway since 1998; a Steampunk series – with a 2nd novel awaiting edits;
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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).
Wednesdays – Pathwalking (my philosophy for consciously choosing how to live your life mindfully, on your terms).