Creative Brain vs. Survival Brain
Sometimes, you need to focus on the basics before you can focus on your art.
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Guests Posts (and cats) in Review
Looking back at six months worth of guest posts, and cat pictures from over seven years ago.
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Be Your Own Manager: How Much Work is Enough?
Thoughts on how to manage your workload in a more positive way.
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Favorite Things for May
Every month, I’m going to give you a few things that have brought me joy in recent weeks. Maybe you’ll love them, too. Maybe they’ll inspire you to find other joyful things more suited to your tastes and temperament. And I’d love to hear from you — in the comments below or by email —
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April Creative Update: Could be Worse
I began the month of April with great writer goals. They were fun and ambitious, and I felt like I was ready to step up my efforts after a couple of months of winter slowness. But then LIFE happened, as it sometimes does. We lost power twice, one of those times for over 30 hours,
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Putting the Person Before the Artist
If you’ve been following along with my Be Your Own Manager series – you’ve certainly picked up on my habit of separating my “Artist Self” and my “Manager Self.” I do that a lot, when I’m consciously thinking about my commitments and obligations, and even my hobbies. I define my roles and my relationships, and
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Guest Post: Mia McCullough Describes a Valuable Writing Retreat
This month’s guest post is from someone I knew in my previous “before-burnout” life. I’ve been admiring her work as a playwright for a long while and I remember the days she describes: when plays “exploded” out of her. So I’m delighted to get this glimpse into how her process is changing, AND into how
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Be Your Own Manager Series: Assume Good Intention
This post is part of my Be Your Own Manager series. Click here for an overview, and links to all other posts. I’ve often compared burnout to a repetitive use injury. The obvious solution is to rest for a bit, but I realized after my second major burnout episode that if I didn’t re-train how
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My Favorite Things for April
Every month, I’m going to give you a few things that have brought me joy in recent weeks. Maybe you’ll love them, too. Maybe they’ll inspire you to find other joyful things more suited to your tastes and temperament. And I’d love to hear from you — in the comments below or by email —
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March Creative Update: Reminding Myself to Have Fun
I started my “Be Your Own Manager” blog series at the end of February, which is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. Through that series, I’m trying to describe a change in thinking that has been essential for me over the past couple of years. And it turns out that it’s a
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