SCBWI Summer Conference in LA where I got to meet writers, illustrators, agents, and editors in a sea of welcoming faces and artists all pursuing work we love. These artist communities can be great and SCBWI was so reinvigorating I cannot wait to go back.
Read more#ArtistTherapy: Filling a Niche & Expectation
There's an expectation, a niche, in the artistic world and sometimes you fill it because you love it and often times you may not. What it comes down to is your passion and not filling others' expectations of what you "should" be creating.
Read more#ArtistTherapy: Subjectivity Can Be Hard to Understand
While I've always known art was subjective I didn't truly realize how much so until I started querying agents and saw that word come up repeatedly in form responses or feedback. The world is subjective and you have to figure out where you fit in but also why you produce the art you do.
Read more#BEA14 & #TheBookCon: Not Such a Great Marriage of Events
It's Book Expo of America time! And that means books galore, publishing panels, events, events, events. It's a busy time for those attending and working it and while there were many pluses from years past there were also hiccups as well with the creation of BookCon.
Read more#ArtistTherapy: Tortoise & the Hare (Things Take Time)
Slow. Fast. These are words that can set all kinds of insecurities off as an artist. People create when they create and it's done when it's done. Doesn't mean the pressure, or hope, to finish in a speedy amount of time isn't there. But, try to remember: no pressure.
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