Art in Recovery
I am a survivor of abuse and parental alcoholism. Recovery and my artistic journey coincide and interdependent. When I am thinking of art in these terms, I include all forms, Writing, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, etc.
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Tale of Two Cities
I’ve always been a fan of Dickens. In Great Expectations, I am still haunted by the story of a woman who never recovered from being jilted at the altar and how she passed her pain on to other generations. A Tale of Two Cities also made an impression on me, the dichotomy between two places, Continue reading
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No Shoulds
Freedom is an interesting concept. It leads me to the challenge of finding personal fulfillment each day. Most of my life I have lived with many shoulds that control my decision making. I should mind my manners. I should keep family business private. I should get straight A’s. I should get an advanced degree. I Continue reading
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Weight of Negativity
Many writers may acknowledge imposter syndrome, the feeling that despite feedback, their work is not that great. Negative comments, even if rare, take on disproportional weight. That’s me. Lately, I have been plagued by a negative comment that I received during a poll of my new book blurb. Results were good, but I received one Continue reading
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Service to Others
When I reflected on this daily prompt, I thought of my family. Their well being, my wife and my kids, is my main focus. It directs my life, worrying about their well being and making sure I am present to them. It made me realize that service to others gives me direction. When my parents Continue reading
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Out of My Cave
I’ve been getting help with marketing my book. It’s amazing how much I didn’t know when I published my first book. I just finished a new blurb that will go on my back cover and into my metadata. I feel pretty good about it, and surprised myself. I didn’t think I could do it, but Continue reading
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Backward is Forward
As I am developing my books, I have this idea that once I finish something I must go on to the next thing, always trudge forward. However, sometimes redoing something to make it better is the best course. Recently, I found out my first book was riddled with errors. I did have a review process. Continue reading
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Set Back
I grew up with this idea that I shouldn’t mistakes, so if I did, I would move forward anyway trying to live with it rather than start over. Currently, I discovered that my first book has more errors than I first thought, so I am faced with living with an inferior book or fixing it. Continue reading
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Fold Space
The daily prompt just asked about risk taking yesterday, and I just wrote about the risk I took with publishing. Another aspect of deciding to publish was how did it work out to take the risk. The jury is still out, because I’m still learning about marketing. No matter what happens as far as sales, Continue reading
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Publishing
I’m lucky because I can afford to pay a company to publish my books, making me an independent author, an Indie Author, which sounds more like a thing. One might say it is less risk than approaching the traditional publishing world, where I risk plenty of rejection. But putting my work out there in any Continue reading
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Marketing Novice
When I published my first books, I gave no consideration to marketing. The goal was to get something finished. I have someone helping me now and I learned I knew nothing about marketing, including how to design my cover for attracting readers. I focused simply on being accurate or true to the book, and NOT Continue reading
About Me
Indie author and self taught artist, creating for over fifty years, also a former corporate lawyer and systems manager … and other assorted vocations. Writing is my passion. I just released my first science fiction novel, Escape From Desolation, eBook and paperback. More information at my author page: http://escapefromdesolation.com
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