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April Creative Contemplations

Posted on April 30, 2021December 9, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Creative Contemplations

April Creative Contemplations   I have books on burnout on loan from the library. And I haven’t read them. Partly because I was on holiday when they became available, and reading feels like work type brain usage, but also because I’m a bit angry I have the books for me to read. I feel annoyed, […]

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March Creative Contemplations

Posted on March 31, 2021November 12, 2021by Vanessa Smith

Defining the impact of actions in a creative business feels impossible. I was “asked” to do this via a webinar I attended this month.   But why does it feel impossible? Is it because I hate “SMART” goals? Or is it just a bit uncomfortable to question your own creativity in this manner? And I […]

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Complexity And Characters

Posted on March 22, 2021March 19, 2021by Vanessa Smith
Complexity And Characters

Complexity And Characters The following tweet found its way into my timeline, along with a bundle of thoughts. The tweet reads:  What makes a book successful? Rosemary Stimola says the words and the narrative voice that carries them. She also says complex characters and plot that is a “page turner”.    The part that stuck […]

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Don’t Make Decisions In Hard Times

Posted on August 27, 2020August 31, 2020by Vanessa Smith
Don't Make Decisions In Hard Times

Don’t Make Decisions In Hard Times   You’ve probably heard that advice. It has always sounded like quite reasonable advice to me.   But how on earth do you apply it in 2020? This is an impossible year to plan you’re way out of. I certainly hope to have my job until the end of […]

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Let Your Art Suck

Posted on July 27, 2020June 26, 2020by Vanessa Smith
Let Your Art Suck

  Let Your Art Suck   The first time I tried to draw in my art journal, it looked awful. Actually… it always looks awful. Because I suck at the drawing types of art. See:             For me, an art journal is less about what I create and more about […]

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It Has All Been Done

Posted on May 4, 2020February 23, 2020by Vanessa Smith
It Has All Been Done

Nothing is original any more. It has all been done before. I’ve seen that idea somewhere else. Who DOESN’T know this?   It Has All Been Done     Yep, it probably has all been done before.   So What?   Not everyone has heard what you heard in formative years. Sometimes it didn’t stick […]

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My Way, My Pace

Posted on March 30, 2020March 30, 2020by Vanessa Smith
My Way, My Pace

I was going to publish a book in January, but then I decided not to. Here’s why.   My Way, My Pace     In order for it to get done, I would have had to “hustle” (shudder) to get editing, covers and sales copy ready.   And you know what? I was still on […]

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The Curse of a Generous Heart (Also, Burnout)

Posted on February 10, 2020December 17, 2019by Vanessa Smith
The Curse of a Generous Heart (Also, Burnout)

A podcast I was listening to said something about burnout being the result of having a generous heart. That people with a generous heart want to help someone else.   The Curse of a Generous Heart (Also, Burnout)     Then my brain flipped it on its head. What happens to selfish people? Do they […]

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Fuck Off With Your Comfort Zone Bullshit

Posted on December 21, 2019August 31, 2020by Vanessa Smith

Last night when I was cranky, not feeling the being on holiday thing, and achey, I saw a post about comfort zones.   Fuck Off With Your Comfort Zone Bullshit   Here we fucking go again. Thanks to door hook in this post, I’ve literally not been in a comfort zone all year.    I […]

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Parents Do Not Own “Tired”

Posted on October 18, 2019by Vanessa Smith
Parents Do Not Own "Tired"

This blog post is adapted from a personal Facebook status update; I keep wanting to share it when “BUT PARENTING” becomes a legitimate, all-encompassing argument somehow, so I thought I would enshrine it as a blog post for easy reference.   Parenting social media status updates often sound like chronic condition social media status updates. […]

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