Writing or creativity of any kind is a mysterious process, a journey into deep and unchartered waters. What you need is a compass… the Tarot.
As creatives and creative entrepreneurs, we all want to be celebrities. We want to be recognized for who we are and what we do. For creatives, celebrities act as cultural icons. We love hearing stories like J.K.Rowling’s—you know, the one where she submitted her manuscript hundreds of times, receiving rejection
Monday’s Message from the Muse for the week of 10/1/2012. The Theme for this week is the Eight of Swords. Swords is the suit of Air, having to do with the mind, thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs. You can see that this woman looks really bound up by her situation. But
I’ve never known anyone yet who doesn’t suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around… We’re all eight years old again and anything is possible. ~ Sue Grafton Bob’s and I make a fall mecca to our local apple orchard this time of year. It is our way of honoring
Monday’s Message from the Muse for the week of 9/24/2012. The theme for this week is a King, the King of Coins. Think Oprah, Donald Trump, etc. These are people who know how to manage their resources. Oprah, especially, knows how to manage her creative resources. Her creative products and
The year is almost over; only a little over three months before we celebrate a New Year with new goals. What about this year’s goals? Was one of your goals to write that non-fiction book you’ve had rattling around in your brain forever? Did you get it written? Did you
No argument can persuade me to like oysters if I do not like them. In other words, the disturbing thing about matters of taste is that they are not communicable. ~ Hannah Arendt This week, I watched Andrew, my 5-month-old grandson, explore his world with his eyes…and his mouth. Bob
Monday’s Message from the Muse for the week of 9/17/2012. The theme for this week is another Queen, the Queen of Cups, comfortable and confident in her watery realm of feelings, intuitions, dreams and the creativity that arises from love, the heart. Practice your creative work this week with a
Time was a river, not a log to be sawed into lengths. ~ Margaret A. Robinson, author In the past five weeks, Bob and I marked our 39th wedding anniversary, and I marked my 60th birthday. Milestones to be sure. So, obviously, the passage of time has been a dominant
Monday’s Message from the Muse. 9/10/12. The theme for the week is being the Goddess of creative abundance, the source from which beauty and life flows. The Empress card is like last week’s 9 of Coins card amplified a thousand-fold. Be aware this week of the beauty, magic and abundance
Many people are inventive, sometimes cleverly so. But real creativity begins with the drive to work on and on and on. ~ Margueritte Harmon Bro, author “I love this story, and I love when it the writing surprises me, but sitting down to write is such hard work!” I complained
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