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The Artist’s Way

You Can Do It

20.04.2010

Leafing through my copy of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, the book opened to a page where she’s talking about faith. Faith, as in believing in yourself. What came to mind was when my students reach the end of the course and have to fly on their own. Invariably, they express fear—the hand-wringing kind. [...]

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WIP? Zip the lip…at least at first

15.04.2010

Why do we loose steam in a project? One reason, for me, is bringing it out too soon and letting other eyes at it. That leads to suggestions—often good ones, too—that I’m not ready to hear yet. That sounds odd. Why shouldn’t we want to hear constructive feedback? It’s not, not wanting the feedback. It’s [...]

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Can You Fiesta?

30.03.2010

I’ve been snagging all sorts of things lately: Nighcrawlers, Polyphemus moths, Warm Lamb, Yellow Irises, and Graceland (no, not that one). Oh, yes, and Fiesta. Confused? These are names of some of the sock yarn I’ve bought recently. My stockpile was dangerously low and I’ve been on a tear, restocking my stash. You know how Julia [...]

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Don’t You Just Hate When This Happens?

16.09.2009

Yesterday was one of those antsy days when I couldn’t wrap myself around writing. Oh, it’s not that I didn’t want to write. Or had nothing to work on (I’ve got my middle grade WIP, plus a new NF picture book ms that I finished the first draft of, plus sketches for two more related [...]

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