ARTIST JOURNAL | Notes from the studio
Inspiration, new work, and stories about life and travel.
How To Build Your Rejection Armor
Last weekend I was looking through old journals, searching for something that I'm pretty sure I wrote about years ago. If I find it, I'm going to share it here. No luck so far, but man was I sad/depressed/angry/resentful in 2002! Yikes. Glad that's...
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
I'm teaching an online creative writing workshop. It's been a while since I've thought about writing itself versus blogging specifically, and it's been a fun change of pace. One of the things we're discussing is vulnerability and what it's like to...
Friday Focus: It’s Your Life
This week's Friday Focus theme is about doing things your own way - taking in information and experiences and using the parts that speak to you to help you go out and create your own life. Following Ryan Holmes, CEO of HootSuite, on LinkedIn led me...
Sharing Seattle on Frock Files Today
My lovely and talented friend Joy from Frock Files invited me to take part in her May Let's Get Local theme. Come join me there today where I share the ONE place in Seattle I would take you if you came for a visit. And yes, it was really hard to...
Vivian Lives: The Precursor to Lifestyle Blogs
What did you do on the interwebs before Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest? When you didn't have a Feedly full of design blogs, food blogs, and lifestyle blogs to read? Do you even remember? I do. I used to visit Vivian Lives every...single...day....
Share Pieces of You | Fong Qi Wei’s Exploded Flowers
Next month I'm speaking at an event called Blogger's Summer Camp. I'll be part of a panel called The Myths and Realities of Monetizing Your Blog. Speakers were also asked to lead a roundtable discussion on a blogging topic that we're passionate...
Friday Focus: Creative Mamas
I have been HORRIBLE about keeping up with my blog reading lately. One of my favorites that I haven't read in WAY too long is The Glow. There are lots of cool, creative, talented mamas here, and the photographs are amazing. Some of my favorite...
Creative Mix: Autumn Reeser – Actress, Visual Artist, Creative Entrepreneur, Blogger
My first introduction to today's Creative Mix guest was when she played the role of the ambitious, neurotic-but-endearing Taylor Townsend on The OC. I loved that show, and Autumn Reeser's Taylor always cracked me up. Maybe if I would stop watching...
What it’s like to work with me
This post is great for people who are thinking about working with me on their content strategy and want to know what happens when you hire me to help you. Also, these rad craftepreneurs can show you how to make sushi...from felt. Seriously. You'll...