5 Ideas To Try When The Creative Well Tuns Dry
A dry creative well is a real problem to us creative types. As much as we want to be able to create forever, we are not bionic. Yet. So how can we refill that creative well when it runs dry…
When Creativity Blocks Are Actually Depression
Sometimes ideas just won’t come. Sometimes motivation won't knock and the Muse is MIA and getting out of bed to face the easel or keyboard seems daunting. Sometimes this is a normal part of the creative process. There are times…
How to Get Out of A Rut — Keiko Tanabe Blog
So true! Or, you can do something like...switching mediums? Like switching from writing to art. Or art to music. The artist's growth is not always upwards. Sometimes it feels like you can keep going up but sometimes you feel stuck…
Haikus as a Way of Healing
Lately, I’ve been reading Writing as a Way of Healing by Louise DeSalvo. (Worth picking up even if you only scribble in journals when you’re feeling particularly emo.) I’m only a couple chapters in, but already I realized this healing…
My 2016 Creative Goals
Can you believe we’re almost halfway into January already??
I must have passed out somewhere. I mean, that’s gotta be the reason for all those missing days.
Last December arrived and I tried to tally everything I did. At first, I was really upset. It didn’t seem like I got anything done, despite my anti-goals. Another year without an agent. Didn’t get my new book finished. Mark me a failure. Moan.
Whatever.
Then I really thought about it.
We freakin’ bought a HOUSE last year. With grass. With its own water bill. Which also flooded two months after moving in. And we got a puppy. That was sick for three months, and had to take the retard to the ER 3 times for doing dumb things like eating 10 lbs of my parents’ dog food in one sitting (and who is literally running circles currently in the backyard). And my DGH got a new job. And I lost 6 months from being sick to my disorder.
The fact I got ANYTHING creative done is freakin’ amazing. I got two drafts done on my Middle Grade fantasy, handed it off to my CPs, a verrrry rough draft done on the sequel to WPF, brainstormed other projects. Not to mention paintings!!
Then I didn’t feel so bad 😀
This year, I wanted to make some realistic creative goals. Two weeks ago, I made a giant list of everything I wanted to do. Then I spent some time hard core scaling it back. If chronic migraine life has taught me anything, it’s how to be realistic.
So, here’s my Migraine Adjusted Creative Goals:
How Cleaning Can Impact Your Creativity
Two weeks ago I was browsing in my local indie bookstore and found The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. You might have heard of this bestseller. It’s big both here and in Japan. I flipped through the pages and immediately…