#Creativity in Retirement: Guest Post by author Mimi Barbour
One of my more recent pleasures since the book came out is getting to know other authors. Staying true to the creativity theme of 2012, romance writer Mimi Barbour is joining us today, writing about something I can only dream of: creativity in retirement. Take it...Creative torches: some people give off sparks.
Creativity is a flame. I’ve often told people, and experienced myself, the way that flame can be fanned and strengthened by some people and damped and stifled by others. Keeping the flame alive is something every artist has to do, and it’s so much easier when...Purging clutter to to Unleash Creativity
Okay, so you got your Book of Secrets started. You wrote your story and identified themes and stuck spots. You probably then, got a little stuck. (Like I have been, now that I sent off my latest novel.) This is the time to purge clutter. Clutter weighs us down. It...Postbook depression.
I stayed up until midnight last night finishing a read-though on Stolen in Paradise, my latest book, and then sent it to beta-readers (those intrepid souls who've agreed to have a whack at my first draft) at 12:01 a.m. I hoped to feel good today. Triumphant even. I...Access to books is a class issue.
I think PRINT BOOKS have an important role to play, even as technology changes. Print books are actually a class and economic issue, because of the secondary, used and donated book market that will disappear eventually. Perhaps it’s my social worker perspective, but...Follow me and receive an email
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