Is it just me or was January both the longest and the shortest month ever? I didn’t quite meet all of my goals for the month, but I did pretty good. My theme for the month was “content.” As in, creating content. To help with this, I participated in the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I ended […]
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Begin at the Bell
The following is an excerpt from 80 Creativity Tips. A friend of mine said this before writing exercise we did at the kick-off party flash meeting with a lot for the local National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) group. “Begin at the bell” is actually pretty good advice. When it comes to working on our creative […]
Continue readingWhat Do I Pay to Get Published?
It’s often an unasked question, implied instead of direct. Many people don’t want to appear crass or rude by talking about something as obscene as money. (Please read that as tongue-in-cheek as it was intended.) The question is still there, though. “How much do you pay to get published?” In the early days of the […]
Continue readingA New Challenge
Late last year, I hosted a challenge to help people get out of a creative rut. It seemed to go okay. Late December, I asked which kind of challenge you would prefer: one to increase your creativity or one to have a better planner. The results were evenly split. So we’ll do both. First up […]
Continue readingWhat I Write About
I get this question quite a bit when people find out that I write. “What do you write about?” The short answer: A little bit of everything. Or: Whatever needs to be written. The long answer is more involved. The topic areas I cover (for nonfiction) are creativity, social media, and disability/diabetes. Writing about planning […]
Continue reading3 Apps for Productivity
I see so many people talk about what apps they use for productivity. So much so that I almost dismissed this idea as a post. But… Here we are. These are the three apps I use to help keep me on track and productive. Of course, the disclaimer is “when I use them.” Trello Trello […]
Continue reading2019 Goals
I know you can set goals and meet them at any time of the year, but there’s something about the beginning of the year that just seems appropriate. Maybe because it’s an external frame of measurement. Regardless, I do goals instead of resolutions and it works for me. To provide a frame of reference for […]
Continue readingHappy New Year!
Are you ready for 2019? I am! I have my plans in place (though flexible) and ready to go. This blog is part of that. I took a break for the last weekend of the year, but now I’m back in business. In the last few posts, I talked about various challenges. This blog is […]
Continue readingNotebook Challenge
A few days ago, I shared a video from Sarra Cannon of HeartBreathings where she talked about different ways to fill a notebook. At the end of that video, she mentioned a challenge she is doing for herself and anyone who wants to participate. I’m in. What’s the challenge? To fill one notebook a month […]
Continue readingSo Close….
After Christmas, the temptation is strong to just coast to the New Year. It’s still the holiday season and there’s no need to do any real work (as a creative) between now and then. Is there? Yes and no. What’s that supposed to mean? Yes. The hard push is done. Holiday orders and commissions have […]
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