It’s the first of september and for years this period marked a new academic or school year. It’s been six years and I miss it. I was the kid who longed to be back in school and who would still be a student of time and money allowed it. Instead I have to find my own challenges. I’ve created a list of 101 goals to complete in 1001 days, that is my challenge for the next three years. Read More
Category: Writing
‘Ello Beastie: “The Misericorde’s Serpent”
In the first “‘Ello Beastie”, Raven talks about the monster he designed for his Chronicles of Tyria story, “City of the Chimera”. Read More
Going From Pantser to Plotter – Camp NaNoWriMo Edition
Camp NaNoWriMo is a month of writing and learning. This month Tessa transforms herself from a pantser to a plotter. Learn here how she did it. Read More
On My Mind: On The Move
Raven sometimes has to travel a lot, and today he talks a little about how he stays productive on the move and touches on the most terrible amount of time to wait for anything. Read More
Camp NaNo – Starting a (virtual) writing retreat
Camp NaNo is starting and our writers discuss their projects for the coming month: The Shadow Court and Composed of Nows. Join us on our journey! Read More
This is My Design: The Peril of the New Idea
New ideas are awesome, fresh inspiration is fantastic, and motivation can strike like a bolt out of the blue. Unfortunately, that bolt can sometimes hit us right when we’re in the middle of something else. Today, Raven talks about the three methods he uses to deal with the potentially terrible timing of new ideas. Read More
On My Mind: Visual versus Textual
In On My Mind topics are explored that are worthy of discussion. This week I’ll talk about the visual versus the textual, from a creator’s perspective. Did you choose between one or more crafts? Read More
Apples and Oranges (Or Why Comparing Yourself to Other Writers Doesn’t Work)
Competition can be healthy. It can drive us to improve ourselves, to make our work as good as it can be, but all too often comparisons do more harm than good. This week, Raven talks about a few things to keep in mind when you start looking at another writer’s work and comparing it to your own. Read More
This Is My Design: Flow
Getting into the zone. Every artist has heard this phrase, but what is it really? I take a closer look at the concept of ‘flow’ and how you, the artist, can use it to your advantage. Read More
This Is My Design: Dreaming
Raven talked to you last week about some of his sources of inspiration and this week I want to highlight the strongest source of mine: dreams. Read More