Category: Entertainment
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How to be Creative, Even if You’re Not
because we’re all in the process of reshaping the world around us, we’re all “creative” – we’re all makers. Legislators make order. Lawyers make cases. Chemists make cures.
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Fairytale Photographer for Kids :: The Chicken Steeper
A STORY NO ONE CAN DUPLICATE… Remember our custom-made fairytale photographer? In Mark’s words: The thought was simple: a series that caters fairy stories to the personality of your child. We’d tell each stories using words and photographs, just like we did with Cold Brewed. This isn’t something I’ve seen done before… and I’m all about trying…
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50 Reads for Writers
Often I get questions like: If you didn’t go to school for writing, how did you learn? How do I improve as an editor? Are there any good books out there for writers? What’s wrong with this story? …among others. A long while back I shared twenty-three books. I’ve since expanded that list to a nice, round fifty. If…
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The Haven Foundation for Artists
If you make a living full-time off of the arts and have been struck by a debilitating tragedy (or if you fear such an event) you might want to check out The Haven Foundation. The Foundation was formed by Stephen King in order to help artists. In his words: In the summer of 1999, I was struck…
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Make Good Art Speech by Gaiman
I’d reserved the Make Good Art speech for an upcoming post called 50 Reads for Writers. But I don’t want it to get lost in the noise. So even though I’ll share the video once more in a future post, I’m posting it here separately. If you haven’t seen or read Gaiman’s Make Good Art speech, you should probably…
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New Stories, Poems, and Menu (Downloads to Follow)
Hey gang, Added a few new stories and poems. I also nested the fantasy stories from my Gergia world under the stories tab. Soon to come : downloadable versions (.pdf; .mobi; .epub) of new stories and poems. But first I have to transfer everything to WordPress.org – that’ll take awhile, but hopefully by winter you can download singles for free.…
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For the Fear of Christian Art
:: long story short :: I have yet to meet somebody who, deep down, wanted to become something other than a good person. Or at least a good citizen. Though I’m directing this post at the Christians in the room, I think anyone will find it valuable if they swap out “Christian” for “good citizen”…
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Comics that Nourish
People keep tucking away all kinds of imagination-based encouragement into the nooks of the internet, you simply have to dig a bit to find it all. Thanks to Meghan for pointing this one out. Stephen McCrane over at Doodle Alley started drawing comics that nourish for people like you and me. He took the principles that helped him develop his…
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Paris Review Art of Fiction List
Nothing in the last two years has taught me more about storytelling, fiction, and great reading habits than the Art of Fiction series by The Paris Review. I read around two dozen of them before I decided to work systematically from number one until the end. You can just click here to jump ahead to the complete list of over 230 Art…
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New Stories and Poems
Hey all you vagabonds and wild people, quick note: I’ve updated the bibliography with some recent sales, added some new poems and a fairly old Gergian fantasy story about pirates. Hopefully I’ll have some of my new literary fiction to put up here soon. See some of you tonight at drDoctor. Carry on. Join this…
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The Secret to Breakthrough is the Community You Left
When an artist gets blocked, he finds breakthrough by returning to those creative limitations as sources of inspiration