This might be the best networking invention for creative introverts ever. I love it, personally, and I’ve gotten so many benefits in just a few months of using it. What is it, you want to know? Facebook Groups, my kitten. Facebook Groups have become super trendy among entrepreneurs recently. They allow you to make…
With the release of her new book about creativity, Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert (known for her book Eat Pray Love) is in the news. A little over a month ago, a blog reader sent me this interview that Marie Forleo did with Gilbert. I had heard of her prior to that but had not read anything of…
“How do I get better at writing?” Two people close to me have asked me this question recently. They have followed it with one or two (or likely more) fears, anxieties, or giant big problem-reasons why they can’t seem to get over whatever THING is getting in the way of them putting words down.…
In August, I wrote about how much I love Scrivener. If you didn’t get a chance to read it, go do it here. (Even if you’re not a writer, you might want to give it a look. If you hate Word as much as I did, Scrivener might be worth it, even if you don’t…
So you have all these ideas, right? This idea and that idea and that other one over there. Ideas are everywhere. You have a giant list of them somewhere in your notes, and you add to it whenever something strikes you. (You do this, right? I’m not the only one?) How do you choose among…
Nirrimi Firebrace. What kind of name is that? I thought, as I walked to the appropriate building for Nirrimi’s workshop on the third day of the creativity convention I was attending, Promoting Passion. I knew nothing about her besides the description in the convention’s agenda, which was a bit vague. She was a blogger and…
You’re trying to work, but you’re stumped. You’ve been sitting too long. You’re pulling your hair out. Nothing’s working. You’re hating everything you do. You need a pick-me-up. Something to snap you out of it, or more appropriately, INTO it. So what do you do? See this guy: Yeah, well, it’s something like that. I put…
Because I don’t say this enough. Music: “Untouchable, Part 1” by Anathema
In one of my recent e-mails to my subscribers, I asked my readers to share what they’re struggling with creatively. One reader said she has trouble getting to the Work (painting, in her case) — not so much because of time constraints, but because she can’t get past a paralyzing inner fear. She has creative…
A writer friend of mine called me “prolific” recently. Well, he said I was more prolific than he is, but still. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. I don’t feel prolific. I never have. I’ve always felt like I’m not doing enough. Whatever I’m doing, I could be doing more. I should…