Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, procrastination, Thoughts, woodturning, Writers, writing on January 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today’s debate: Do I push ahead on the story idea upon which I am currently stumped, update the family cookbook, or head to the workshop for the first time in ages?
The good news is that no matter what I decide, I’m likely to make progress on at least some of these fronts (or on something else entirely, but whatever, progress is progress).
Productive procrastination for the win!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #theCreativityWars, creativity, Thoughts, writing on January 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s cold here today and I mentioned to my mother that we had condensation on the windows.
Now, you should know that my mother is very artistic and has an arts and languages background. She’s been to the creativity wars, you know?
Here’s what she said:
Great advice, right? And while I didn’t have enough condensation to draw anything real (and oh right, I can’t draw anyway, see above lopsided grimace for proof), the important thing is that I didn’t stop there.
I woke up thinking about Impressionist art (as one does) so I decided to try my hand at computer aided pointillism using this tutorial.* Here’s the result.
Thanks, Mom!
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* I also learned that Mary Cassatt, one of the “three great ladies” of Impressionism and an artist who focused much of her work on the social and domestic lives of women (subjects often ignored by male artists), was from Pennsylvania.
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #PSA, free, stupid Covid on January 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This is for all my American readers out there.
Need a free Covid test and / or N95 mask? This is your lucky day!
Omicron just waves as it floats past cloth masks, and surgical masks (while a marked improvement) aren’t always ideal. What’s better? An N95 mask. Unfortunately, top-quality masks aren’t cheap.
The good news? Most of us can reuse N95s, and there are ways to get these masks for free.
There has been a lot of press about this but in case you haven’t heard or don’t have the links, here’s how to take advantage of these free offers:
Stay safe out there!
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Thoughts, writing on January 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
― Lorraine Hansberry
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, life, quotes, Thoughts, writing on January 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“What are you going to do? Everything, is my guess. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications.”
― Nora Ephron
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing advice on January 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today, some useful writing advice from award-winning writer Nalo Hopkinson.
The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story. Fiction engages the senses, helps us create vivid mental simulacra of the experiences the characters are having.
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, home, inspiration, Thoughts, winter, yay on January 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s a snow day! True, I still have to work and all that but regardless, there’s something about a fresh blanket of deep snow that brings back childhood feelings of joy.
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“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.”
― Margaret Atwood
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, reading, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King
That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!
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Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, invention, Thoughts, Writers on January 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Ha ha ha ha, this is 110% amazing!
More info and videos on this obviously critical area of scientific research:
So if humans visit underwater environments in a submarine, are these fish driving around in a supermarine?
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Motivation, Thoughts on January 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”
― H.G. Wells
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