Last post for #ArtistTherapy! Thanks for sticking with me on these throughout the year and hope the words have been helpful as you continue your creative journeys. :-) Latest and last post is on the idea of success and what that means, or may mean, for you.
Read more#ArtistTherapy: Are You Legit?
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.
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