#MyWritingProcess Blog Tour

Always happy to join in a Blog Tour and it seems this one has been wrangling in many writers across the country! The My Writing Process Blog Tour is a time for some of us creative types to share our process and get to know a bit more about our projects.

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#ArtistTherapy: Falling Out of Love, with Your Project

I think we've all had that project we initially were in love with and then steadily or quickly or ultimately fell out of love with it. Doesn't mean there aren't more ideas or that this can't progress to something you will enjoy spending time on. Art, like most things, is trial and error.

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Powerful Short Fiction that Inspires

Since my main writing genre is short stories, and it's a form I try to perfect regularly, I wanted to share some of my favorites that have simply blown me away. Form, function, content, all of it works to make your jaw drop and wonder: How did they DO that? Hope you'll take a look at some (or really all) of the ones listed.

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Design Post: Let's Talk Book Covers

The visuals of a book mean as much as the content. The saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" is apt in many instances but when it does come to books, let's be frank, that what we see does draw the eye. So, I wanted to look at a few book covers that appeal to me as someone who works in the industry as well.

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#ArtistTherapy: The Comfort of Non-Forward Movement

This is a new regular (monthly) post I'm instituting on my site. In conferring with friends who are artists we hash out concerns, triumphs, and losses that only other artists may be able to understand. So this is me providing that outlet for other artists to say "I understand," Artists unite!

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