by Jamie Chavez | Jan 24, 2015 | Creativity, The Writing Craft
If you’re here, you are probably a creative person. Probably a writer, but I don’t want to make any assumptions or assign limitations; most of the creatives I know exhibit those tendencies in more than one way. In my experience, creativity has hot moments … and it...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 17, 2015 | Books You Might Like, Creativity
Click on the word creativity in the cloud of tags to the right of this post and you’ll see it is a topic that interests me. I suspect it interests you, too, as a writer. Where do you get your ideas? It’s the age-old question. Recently I read Joshua Wolf Shenk’s Powers...
by Jamie Chavez | Jun 26, 2014 | Creativity, Miscellany
When I got started on this blogging adventure, a wise friend suggested I stockpile blog posts for those times when I’d be unable to keep up. It was great advice, as I’ve been slogging through a very busy, very stressful few months of work. So stressful that I didn’t...
by Jamie Chavez | May 29, 2014 | Creativity, The Writing Craft
Yep, I’m still working on summer update posts. It’s a great way to feature some really smart articles, draw attention to some of my older posts, and take just a little blog break—even though I truly enjoy researching and writing original content. It’s a creative...
by Jamie Chavez | Mar 8, 2014 | Creativity, The Arts & Media
Many of us are still all caught up in winter’s last gasp, so perhaps a little inspiration is what we all need to keep going. A few months ago I stumbled on a post from the Zen Pencils website—a weekly cartoon strip featuring inspirational quotes. “Buy the ticket,”...
by Jamie Chavez | Jan 20, 2014 | Creativity, Guest Posts, Miscellany
It’s Martin Luther King Day—a national holiday here in the States—and many of you have the day off. Me, I’m playing catch-up with a pile of work correspondence. So while I do, I’m going to leave you with this interesting essay from writer April Line. When she...
