π Read What Reading Looks Like When Youβre a Full-Time Author (Book Riot).
Asking for a friend: what do you think Kaz Brekker’s D&D class would be? Rogue? I feel like rogue. (The friend is me.) ππΊπ²
I realized reading Week 1 of THE ARTIST’S WAY that most of my negative self-talk isn’t modeled on how other people talked to me (I was blessed with supportive friends, family, and educators) but rather on how my parents talk to themselves. My kid said “Get it together, M” to himself the other day which I know is something he’s heard me say to myself. I’m trying to speak to myself more kindly for his sake as well as my own.
π¬π “…if we can become one-tenth as good at positive self-talk as we are at negative self-talk, we will notice an enormous change.” Julia Cameron, THE ARTIST’S WAY.
π Read Please Keep Doing Virtual Book Stuff After The Pandemic.
Jessica Pryde makes a great argument for maintaining virtual and/or adding hybrid book events even when it’s safe to hold them in person.
π¬π “It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.” Julia Cameron, THE ARTIST’S WAY
π¬π “Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse.” Julia Cameron, THE ARTIST’S WAY
π¬π “Creativity is play, but for shadow artists, learning to allow themselves to play is hard work.” Julia Cameron, THE ARTIST’S WAY
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A lot is bad but my kid is dancing to Tank! by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts and that’s pretty great.