Lessons from #Life Drawing #3
More lessons from life drawing! I began dreading class two days before it was scheduled. In spare moments, I'd think of excuses: “I could be sick. I do feel kind of headachey. I could plead a dentist appointment, maybe even try to get one, because that tooth really...Lessons from #Life Drawing 2
It’s lessons from life drawing class again. Three hours in the middle of a Thursday when I check out of “normal” life and enter a secret, sunlit world in the jungle in Haiku, Maui, and study, and attempt to draw, naked people. The location is convoluted to get to, so...Lessons from #Life Drawing
I’ve paid good money to look at a naked woman, and all I can think is that I should have worn orthopedic shoes. I hold my pencil in the awkward grip of someone who hasn’t come to the page in years as I gaze at the model on the stage. My lower back aches from standing...Ten wise things from turning fifty
Been thinking ten wise things I've learned from turning fifty. Yesterday was one of those big birthdays—you know, the ones where people do retrospective slide shows or big parties or go on a cruise to see the Dalai Lama. I chose to go back to some of my roots, on the...Island Fire, Toby Neal’s first #YA novel, is here!
Island Fire – Toby’s First YA Novel, is here in time for Christmas! Suitable for ages 10-100! Raves from Advance Readers: “Island Fire is another fantastic page turner from Toby Neal. It sucked me in until the very end and I feel like I know each of the...Follow me and receive an email
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