Sometimes without a lot, or any, accolades or support for your art you may not feel like a "legitimate" artist. It shouldn't deter you but sometimes we need a kind of validation to move forward and feel like we belong.
Read moreThe #SupportWNDB Campaign! It's All the Rage These Days
The #SupportWNDB campaign has kept me a tad bit busy these past few weeks (and for the coming weeks until it ends). And if you haven't heard about it after it trended on Twitter here's a bit of background on the initiatives of We Need Diverse Books.
Read more#ArtistTherapy: Cheating on One Work with Another
People fall in and out of love with things all the time. Focusing on one project in lieu of another isn't cheating really, it's simply taking a break to focus elsewhere.
Read moreThe Diversity Debate
The lack of diversity in books specifically has had a snowball effect since BookCon's lack of White, straight, male authors on a panel that could've easily contained people of the non-majority. Since then more statistics and essays and posts and cries for diversity have been provided in print, online, and spoken about at conferences (not just in private discussions). The "debate" of diversity is not going away and that's a good thing.
Read more#ArtistTherapy: There Are No Guarantees
Praise and prizes may not always lead to publication, and it can even cause one to hit a wall when it seems like a natural conclusion. But--and you'll hear this word a lot--perseverance even after the downfalls are what will help with the distinction between success and dropping out.
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