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The Artist’s Way: Week 4 – Recovering a Sense of Integrity

This week was supposed to ground the artist back into themselves through something called "Reading Deprivation." So, uh, first things first, I did not do this... There's a lot of chat online about this being more like "media deprivation" instead of just reading, because back when the book was written there was definitely less options… Continue reading The Artist’s Way: Week 4 – Recovering a Sense of Integrity

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The Artist’s Way: Week 3 – Recovering a Sense of Power

Week 3 had me feeling a bit apathetic...although that could have been the hormonal phase I'm in as well. I got through 4 of 7 morning pages sessions. I did not go on an artist date, unless you call dragging Andrew to a smoothie place and traversing an old favorite grocery store. I did buy… Continue reading The Artist’s Way: Week 3 – Recovering a Sense of Power

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The Artist’s Way – Let’s start!

Hey All! I'm starting The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron this week. What is it? The Artist's Way is a 12-week recovery intensive to heal creativity block. It's not just for writers but for any creative! If you think you're not creative, you've just shoved your inner child so far down that the creativity is… Continue reading The Artist’s Way – Let’s start!

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Let’s talk imposter syndrome

Imposter Syndrome is pretty much what it sounds like - feeling like an imposter at something you're doing and usually succeeding in. It's an internal struggle rather than an external one. This is showing up in almost every aspect of my life right now and it is TOUGH to shake. It's at my job, my… Continue reading Let’s talk imposter syndrome

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Some edits are bigger than others

I'm 5 chapters into this edit (woohoo) and some of the bigger changes are on the horizon. I've decided to change a big part of the motivation behind my antagonist. The main reason being that it just didn't "feel" right. So I kind of stripped it back a bit to be a more traditional take… Continue reading Some edits are bigger than others