Finishing your book, painting, or whatever is better than not finishing – but you won’t always finish. Photo by Eden Constantino on Unsplash This weekend, before going out of town,…
Author, painter, sculptor, or any other form of artist – do you get paid what you’re worth? Photo by Nohe Pereira on Unsplash This question is not just for artists.…
Maybe I do write are, and maybe not. Why that matters is personal. Photo by Neven Krcmarek on Unsplash The arts are highly subjective. Whatever the medium, the arts will…
Reading and learning are synonymous with one another. Photo by Hatice Yardım on Unsplash I developed my love for reading and learning as a child. Unlike many other kids, I…
Pantser or planner – your writing practice is yours and yours alone. Photo by Nils Stahl on Unsplash For most of my writing career, I’ve been a pantser. Pantser =…
Do you go with traditional, non-traditional, or REALLY non-traditional publishing? Photo by Medienstürmer on Unsplash For a long, long time, the only way to make any money as a fiction…
Yes, but you must do the work to make that fleeting idea into something more. Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Have you ever had an idea that came and…
While it may have helped me as an author, I’m done with Twitter. Photo by visuals on Unsplash Like you, I’ve been watching Twitter come apart at the seams. What…
There’s always a line – and you choose if it intimidates you or not. Photo by Jonathan Adeline on Unsplash There are many lines in life for us to find,…
Struggling with identity tends to be a matter of active mindfulness. Photo by Ari He on Unsplash I wrote my first 50-page, hand-illustrated sci-fi novel when I was 9. The…