Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’m feeling inspired and ready to creatively tackle a complex project I’ve needed to tackle for a long time. My muse, you ask? Why I spent the weekend cleaning out storage units, reorganizing the pantry and cleaning …
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Unusual Places for Plotting Ideas
Blogger: Michelle Ule, filling in for Mary Keeley who is traveling this week.
Where do your best plotting ideas come from?
I, for one, get some of my best plotting ideas while sitting in the pew at church.…
Ten Tips for Taking Time Off
The holidays are looming—Christmas, Boxing Day, New Years Eve, New Years Day, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Epiphany. How will you celebrate? Hopefully you’ll take a break from your WIP and spend time with family and friends.
Do you know …
Space for Creativity
Note to our blog family: Yesterday in the blog comments I mentioned that Janet Grant, our Books & Such president and founder, would not be able to respond as she normally does. Her husband, Loch, died last night just as …
Embracing the Silence
Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
“The best time for planning a book is when you’re doing the dishes.” -Agatha Christie
Lately I’ve been having conversations with a friend about the importance of the menial, everyday tasks in our lives, and how they …
Making the Desert Bloom Again: Creative Dry Spells
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, Illinois
When was the last time you went through a desert season in your writing, whether for a few days, weeks . . . or longer? Mere hours of creative void …
Creative Jumpstart: Breaking the Mold
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
So far this week, we’ve examined:
- Deep Travel as a stimulating way to employ our senses;
- using shortcomings or setbacks as a way to step back and
Creative Jumpstart: Something Old, Something New
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In the Herbie Hancock interview on the PBS News Hour that I referred to yesterday, I learned that Hancock won a Grammy Award in 2009 for reconfiguring …
Creative Jumpstart: Playing Along
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
On the PBS News Hour, I recently saw a report on jazz legend Herbie Hancock, who talked about an especially memorable time he performed with his …
Creative Jumpstart: Limitations That Lead to Limitless
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Yesterday, I wrote about Deep Travel and how it can open our eyes to see in a more focused, new way. Another way that seeing can expand …
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