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I’m Bored!: Why It’s Okay To Let Yourself Be Bored
I’m so bored! If you’re a parent, I assume you’re familiar with that phrase coming from your kids. And adults stuck in mundane jobs or…
Why a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
A picture is worth a thousand words, or at least that’s how the saying goes. But when it comes to adding more creativity to your…
My Writing Journey – The Early Years
On a recent trip back to my parents’ house, my mom asked me to go through a box of papers she had kept from my…
Five Reasons to Schedule Your Creativity
Scheduling creativity? Is that really a thing? The creativity myth leads us to believe that inspiration comes in random bursts. And if you try to…
When Creativity and Sports Collide
It’s Super Bowl weekend. Oops. We’re supposed to call it “the Big Game.” Or, maybe we should call it the “Big Game With Teams Most…
From Junk Draft to Structure Draft – 3 Things I’ve Learned While Writing the 2nd Draft
Congratulations, you finished the junk draft of your book manuscript. Now what? Finishing the first draft, or junk draft as some call it, comes with…
How Creativity Heals When Your World Turns Upside Down
Your world has been turned upside down. Whether it’s a divorce, a medical diagnosis, a death of a loved one, or a job layoff, we…
Why Should Writers Use A Reading Journal?
When I was in graduate school working on my master’s degree in English, friends asked me if spending so much time analyzing literature would ruin…
3 Reasons To Explore Space For Your Next Creative Project
Last night, parts of the earth witnessed a total lunar eclipse. What made this event more special was that there was also a full moon,…
All the World’s a Stage: Four Creative Benefits of Attending the Theater
In Act II of “As You Like It,” William Shakespeare wrote that all the world was a stage. This monologue draws on the notion that…
