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
I'll be honest with you all, I'm struggling. I got through 4 of 7 days for morning pages and still have not gone on an artist date. Do I have excuses? Yes. Are they good excuses? Eh. This weekend was nuts. We repainted our stairwell/hallway and our guest bathroom. It took all day Saturday and… Continue reading The Artist’s Way: Week 2 – Recovering a Sense of Identity
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!
I had made a solid plan for myself to get 5 chapters done each month. I assumed that some of those chapters would need less work than others. I did not prepare for the full week that my brain decided to lean hard into executive dysfunction (sometimes known as ADHD paralysis) and therefore not work… Continue reading Slow and Steady
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
Subtle Stories 