What if you could make your ordinary digital photos extraordinary? Whether you want to use your photos on a website or just as your desktop wallpaper at home, you can easily learn how to make your photos pop. It takes just a few simple techniques to remove a photo’s subject from a distracting background and [...]
A post last week on the Writer’s Perspective, a Writer’s Digest blog by editor Maria Schneider, got me thinking about creative rituals. Schneider’s ritual involves generating as much stress as possible before beginning to write. “Procrastination, anxiety and outward chaos seem to be part of what it takes for me to get into the flow,” [...]
I’ve written before about having a small notebook with me at all times to capture my thoughts. That works great for brief flashes of insight, but sometimes I’m away from home and feel like getting some serious work done. Rather than lugging around a heavy laptop, I try to keep things light by working from [...]
It’s Blog Action Day! Over the past month, I’ve posted about Creative Ways to Help the Environment, Environment Resources, and No Impact Man. Today I want to share some ways to go green with your creative activities. Sometimes the creative spark can turn into a destructive wildfire. As I’ve become more aware of the [...]
If you need a jolt of writing energy, read How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights by Ariel Gore. It may be just what you need to get moving again. According to Gore, if you have no idea how to publish a book, get [...]
