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Emily Stewart

Around the Web: An Origami Knight, the Life of Creative Projects, and Literary Chocolate

Hello, readers! Welcome back to Around the Web. This week, I'm sharing an origami time lapse, a look at the life cycle of creative...

Kirsten Marion

From The Publisher: Rekindling Your Creative Flame

I write new articles every week. After sticking to that publishing schedule for four months, I find myself judging everything I have...

Kirsten Marion

From The Publisher: Creating In Spite Of Self-Doubt

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash It’s the saboteur within and it can torpedo our dreams. “The worst enemy to creativity is...

Emily Stewart

Around the Web: Creative Types, YA Twitter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Canada Day Reads

This week, we're sharing a creative types test, a look at YA controversies, some Canadian books to read, and more!

Emily Stewart

Forming Creative Habits: The 100 Day Project

Back in July, I finished the 100 Day Project, an endeavour adapted from Michael Beirut’s graphic design workshop at Yale School of Art...

Adam Rocke

So You Wanna Be a Writer—Part 5 by Adam Rocke

One of the most important but often overlooked aspects of any literary career is what happens immediately after a publishing deal has...

Adam Rocke

So You Wanna Be a Writer—Part 4 by Adam Rocke

To make that unpublished-to-unstoppable transition happen, you need to write. And to write, you really have to live. You have to experience

Adam Rocke

So You Wanna Be a Writer — Part 3 By Adam Rocke

Still with me? Fantastic! Thank you for your continued interest in my ramblings. So without further adieu, let’s get to it. In the...