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That’s a picture of me when I wasn’t yet 2 years old. Nose in a book, about to set out on some journey. I’m sitting on a suitcase and using another small suitcase as a foot rest.
In a way, who I really am is shown there in that picture. I’m content hanging out by myself. [...]
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Writing from the Inside Out: Deep Journal Writing
Part 2 in the series, Write Away! Books on Writing
In Write Away! Books on Writing, I’m reporting on the books that help me write. In Part 1 of this series, Brenda Ueland encouraged us to:
Keep a slovenly, headlong, impulsive, honest diary
Here’s how.
Writing from the Inside Out: Deep Journal [...]
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that kick my ass into gear and have me writing, STAT.
Part 1
In How To Write Your Your #@%*Book Already, I made mention of the genre known as the How To Write Books. Strangely, they are filed in the bookstore under “Reference”, along with the dictionaries and the thesauruses. As if how to write were merely [...]
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How To Write Your #@%* Book
A Not-So-Magic Formula
Some of the best advice I’ve ever gotten on writing came not from one of the dozens of “how to write your book/get published/write a query letter/make a living as a writer” books I have bought and read over the course of [...]
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Friends, you are looking at the cover of one of the many visual journals I made on retreat in Mexico a few years ago.
This is just a taste of what’s to come on my next Mexico retreat, which is open to a small group of kindred spirits.
Write. Paint. Passion. Purpose. That’s the theme. It’s all [...]
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It’s so funny that I day after day I easily write all sorts of stuff: about writing, creativity, business and the like, and then develop and teach workshops with this material.
But I am living with a frustrating paradox. Or is it an irony? Or is it just writer’s block?
Confession: I find it so freaking difficult [...]
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It’s official! The Creative Entrepreneur was given the Benjamin Franklin Award in two categories, Business and Craft, at the Independent Book Publishers Association awards dinner in New York City on Thursday, May 28, 2009.
Thank you everyone who has tweeted me your well wishes! You know I was very excited and honored to be a finalist [...]
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This is what it’s like for me to be a contestant for an award you’ve never heard of. I’m pretty sure you haven’t heard of it, because I didn’t until I was nominated.
Since the nomination, I’m all anxious. I feel like I’m getting to be in a beauty contest without having to…how can I put [...]
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The Bay Area Book Arts Jam is one of my favorite events in the Bay Area. It’s held at Foolhill College and I make it an annual pilgrimage (usually with a stop at Daiso and In-n-Out-Burger along the way).
This year is special, because, look! The lovely pods from Podpost are here, proudly showing off their [...]
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Well, it’s finally happening. The books have arrived in the warehouse after their slow boat ride from Asia, where they were printed.
If you’ve ordered a copy, you should get it within days. Let me know what you think.
Personally, it’s very strange having a work of the heart out in the world. Mostly, it’s a scary [...]
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Howdy! I’m Lisa Sonora Beam, author of The Creative Entrepreneur. I teach people how to get unstuck and use their creativity to make a living doing what they love. 
