Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, rules, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »
It’s understandable that a lot of beginners at any art want rules for how to do it. But there comes a time when one has to make one’s own choices about how one’s art is structured, how it’s executed, what you want it to do. There is no rulebook that will help you with that, you just have to step up and decide. That’s scary! But there’s no getting around it. — Ann Leckie
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, lists, Thoughts on May 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »
I have decided that it is time for me to go to finishing school. Not the kind that includes (I assume) lessons in how to curtsy, choose wine for a meal, or keep feuding families from disrupting a wedding.
The kind that helps me tackle the unfinished projects that have been piling up around me.
Perhaps you have this issue too? Fortunately, there is very real joy in crossing things off a list and I intend to dive right in.
I’ll be tackling some writing, some baking, and a bit of art, as well as some house and life maintenance.
And who knows, I might even learn how to curtsy.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, #GettingThingsDone, action, creativity, Thoughts on May 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Don’t overthink it, do something, and repeat. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts on April 29, 2026| Leave a Comment »
I think I need to start getting up earlier so I have time to do everything on my list. But I didn’t and I don’t, so today, another quote and a pretty picture!
Picasso created more than 50,000 works of art.
How many are considered masterpieces that we still admire today?
About a 100.
Less than 1% of his creations are still relevant.
Stop trying to be perfect.
It’s a numbers game.
Start creating.
Be courageous enough to share.
— Ryan Stephens
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing advice on April 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »
If you’ve seen it before, don’t do it again. — Shonda Rhimes
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, community, creativity, Thoughts on April 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Joy is what made our species survive in the first place. If we’re rewarded, reinforced by it, then we continue doing it. We spill over. We become contagious. We get others on board.” — Jiaying Zhao
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, AI, creativity, editing, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 25, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“A good editor brings accumulated taste, emotional response, and a felt sense of what’s working — and that felt sense is genuinely different from the pattern recognition that I do.” — Claude AI, as quoted by Tony Schwartz, when asked why the AI’s editorial feedback was not as useful as a human editor’s (and why the AI spent so much time straight up sucking up to the author in ways that were not only unhelpful but actively counterproductive)
Just one more reason why having a body is a good thing. To me, a well-written story feels like standing in a stream where all the water is flowing in the right direction.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts on April 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.” — Bertrand Russell
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, doing stuff, inspiration, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” — Amelia Earhart
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
A little advice from Guardian columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, to an artist feeling the pressures of AI and social media.
With the advance of AI, I feel my work as an artist is no longer respected. Should I just give up?
“Should I keep making art?” Even though it might not make money? Even though the algorithm might not value it? Even though all around me the slop marches on, I feel a growing carelessness in the culture, an indifference to craft – should I keep making art? To that, you might well answer: why would I stop?”
What she said.
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