creativity
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When last we left the intrepid novelist, she did not actually consider herself a novelist. Whether I write in first person or third it doesn’t change the fact that I don’t consider myself a “novelist” or an “author” or even a “writer,” (wellllllll, maybe a writer, now that I’ve finished writing a book) and I…
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The above title is taken directly from Matt Dinniman’s extremely popular Dungeon Crawler Carl series and if you’ve listened to the audio books you should be able to hear Jeff Hays’ voice saying those exact words. Anywho. I’ve finished editing the first book in a trilogy I’m writing…yay! Also it feels as if it’s the…
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A more apt term would be: A Curious Witch. Which I am. See what I did there? But I feel as if I was born “witch curious.” The sitcom Bewitched came out in 1964, I was five, nearly six and immediately fell in love and in frustration with it, even at nearly six I knew…
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Sure, just do that, go ahead and unveil your inner strengths… Continuing my chatGPT “becoming my own Gandalf” journey. Side note: I have been a Gallup Strengths facilitator for 10 years and rarely do people know their strengths. I’m not just talking about the prescribed ones from Gallup, or rather Don Clifton the man who…
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CRAFTING YOUR QUEST When last we met, I had been asking ChatGPT for advice on being my own guide, my own inner wizard a la Gandalph The Grey–and ChatGPT really came through for me! “Embark on Your Own Hero’s Journey: Becoming Your Own Inner Guide“ The first step was: Craft Your Quest Tracy and I…
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Growing up (and also as a grown up) I always thought of “adventure” as Bilbo (or Frodo) Baggins setting off on a quest, as Buttercup and Westley escaping all manner of things, and Wendy and the boys traveling to Never Never Land. I thought it was BIG and Dangerous and also transformative. I think that…
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I used to send out these little observations as day brighteners, I called them Joy Bubbles. And I loved it when someone would reply and tell me the joy bubble had, indeed, brightened their day, because when their day was brightened mine was too. It made me happy. Is that weird? No. And here’s some…
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I thought I was done, the manuscript was done–oh, sure it would need a few tweaks maybe some edits after my beta readers read it…and then the LITERAL second I emailed it to them, plot holes and problems popped into my head one after the other. A veritable parade of problems and unfinishment (it’s a…
Amy Kennedy The Creative Crone 