August Creative Contemplations I feel like I start every month in review with things that were hard. Anxiety kicked my butt for parts of August as I got to be “reviewed” at my day job over my physical needs. It has always been a negative experience that is poorly managed and going through it makes […]
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July Creative Contemplations
July Creative Contemplations June and July have felt like hibernation months to me. June started with minor surgery, morphed into acute bronchitis, then July everything from June just kind of dragged on and on and I wasn’t feeling up to much. I did hit my 6th Brain Poke of the pandemic (4th this year) […]
June Creative Contemplations
June Creative Contemplations I’ve not been creating at all in June. Most of my energy was taken up with day job, a minor surgery and managing the post-surgery stuff (wound dressings, not aggravating the wound by existing, post op appointments). And then a bad case of bronchitis where I am amazed I didn’t crack […]
May Creative Contemplations
May Creative Contemplations I’ve been hanging around in health-related frustration again in May. Setbacks, pain flares, plans for teeny tiny minor surgery this week… I had originally planned to release a new book but I just haven’t had the capacity to re-read my book and get it to beta readers and do all that pre-publication […]
Impasta Syndrome
I think impasta sounds funkier than imposter, and in possibly related reasons, see post title for why SEO is irrelevant for me. In early April I playing with some basic mapping out of my plans for the rest of the year. I was thinking about when to launch my writing course. The general idea […]
Why I Wrote The Secret Ingredient Of
Back when I published Fuck Should, I also published a blog post explaining why I wrote it. A large part of why I wrote it surrounds advice given and how you assess its value and apply it to yourself. Why I Wrote The Secret Ingredient Of In a change of pace, I thought […]
April 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, […]
A New Laptop Will Make You A Successful Writer (And Other Lies)
The things us writers tell ourselves… well, I guess it’s no surprise that we can be creative. That is hopefully a given. I kind of like/hate it when it manifests itself through technology though. There’s something about a tightly sealed box, freshly minted plastic and electronics… it’s such a sweet, sweet smell. […]
Patreon Launch
The first time I remember exploring creativity was when I was in early primary school. I remember it was the house we lived in when I was in grades 1-3, but not the exact year it was. There was a thunderstorm raging and I wrote a story to make myself feel better. This house had […]
March Creative Contemplations
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 […]