Whoosh. You’ve returned from a creative retreat that cracked open your heart or a writing intensive that launched your spirit or a business retreat that clarified your vision. Boom. You return home and to the office. Your spouse reminds you…
Whatever publishing route you take, you need to know what choices for book design – inside and out – can affect your book’s success. How a writer thinks of design often distinguishes an amateur from an artist or professional. Why?…
Note: High summer seems an ideal time to hang low and retreat from the bright spotlight.While “hanging low” during high summer, I’m posting ideas and archived posts. Many of them have been related to the Art of Productive Loafing, a talent I…
Note: High summer seems an ideal time to hang low, retreat from the bright spotlight, and practice the art of Productive Loafing. Productive Loafing is the intentional act of retreating from “doing” and from public engagement. It can come in many…
Note: As I hang low in high summer (working a little more behind-the-scenes), I’m printing and re-printing pieces this month in The Art of Productive Loafing series. Here’s an archived piece I think you’ll appreciate. Archived: The Secret Stance to…
We get ourselves in trouble as creatives when we try to build our presence – that is, in how we promote, market, and brand our work. How we give and take gets us in trouble. What we expect of others…
A series of phone calls I have had this week hearten me about humanity. A thought leader, a start-up co-founder, a memoirist, an herbalist professional, a novelist, a marketing boutique owner-cum-memoirist – they all reminded me of the importance of…
We often hear about the importance of play when it comes to creating new things and ideas. John Cleese says, “If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” But what about creating a new life? A whole…
Not so long ago, people really didn’t know about the book launches my clients had or their New York Times best-selling successes or Oprah appearances or simply finishing the books that had been brewing inside them sometimes for years. I…
Why don’t we create as much as we want? What’s the one thing that keeps most Americans from being able to create? If you look at the results from the research firm StrategyOne, you will get one part of the story….
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