I’ve booked my flight and hotel for this year’s Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Boston, Massachusetts. I’m in Beantown from Wednesday, March 6th to Saturday the 9th, a very short time to take in all of the workshops, readings, receptions, and of course, the massive trade show floor with just about […]
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Is Kickstarter the Answer for Aspiring Authors?
December 1, 2012 
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Few unpublished novelists or memoirists are able to convince a publisher to consider their work until it is complete. But it can be daunting to spend months or years bringing a book to completion with no assurance it will ever be published. Established authors can at times secure advances based on book proposals and a […]
Read moreThe Balance Between Authenticity and Creativity
October 3, 2012 20 Comments
What does it mean to live authentically? To me it means finding comfort with the choices you make in your life. But that isn’t always an easy thing to do. The artists I interviewed on my cross-country road trip ranged dramatically in their level of what we might call “professional” success. Most of them were […]
Read moreSeven Vows for Sustaining an Art-Committed Life
May 3, 2012 37 Comments
So you’ve dedicated yourself to living an art-committed life, I can hear you saying. It’s one thing to proclaim that. But how do you maintain it during those moments when real life interferes? I have capitalized on the flexibility of self-employment over the last year to grow this blog; start an MFA program; and begin […]
Read moreCreativity Tweets of the Week – 01/20/12
January 20, 2012 16 Comments
I may have announced yesterday that this ol’ freelancer is looking to return to full-time salaried employment, but I’ll still bring you the best links on creativity and writing (and a bonus topic this week, resolutions) on Twitter and here on The Artist’s Road. Heck, removing the time I spend searching for work and handling […]
Read moreCreativity Tweets of the Week — 01/13/12
January 13, 2012 24 Comments
Your patience has been rewarded. After a four-week hiatus, the Creativity Tweets of the Week makes its triumphant return. Once again I provide some of the best links on creativity and writing I sent via Twitter this week. Note I still provide a focus on creativity despite changing my Twitter handle yesterday from @on_creativity to […]
Read moreCreativity Tweets of the Week — 12/16/11
December 16, 2011 9 Comments
Running out of holiday gift ideas for loved ones? Why not give them a year’s subscription to The Artist’s Road? It’s chock-full of resources for the creative-minded, and it’s part of a complete breakfast. Oh, and did I mention it’s free? Now on to this week’s links on creativity and writing I sent out this […]
Read moreCreativity Tweets of the Week — 11/28/11
November 28, 2011 0 Comments
Witness the triumphant return of Creativity Tweets of the Week. It’s been a long week; the last such post went up November 4th. But in the meantime I’ve written a guest post on creativity and leadership, “Leading Through Storytelling,” for Deborah Connolly’s Creative Leadership Coaching blog, and a personal essay on returning to a creative […]
Read moreSay ‘Hi’ for Me
August 23, 2011 8 Comments
It’s August in D.C., which means nearly everyone who lives and works here is elsewhere. I’m spending some quality time with my family right now and this blog will be silent for a few days, but below are links to some blogs I enjoy whose authors appear to be continuing to post during the summer […]
Read more4 Steps to Breaking Out Your Creativity
August 16, 2011 20 Comments
Sometimes I post wisdom on the creative process I learned from talented and hard-working artists on my cross-country trip across the United States, but on occasion I post about how I’m applying those lessons in my own life learning. This is a post of the latter variety. Every creative I know juggles many projects — […]
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