A new book and project from L.A. Chandlar Fight to Keep Creativity Alive is a book for anyone who wishes for more time to create – to be creative. For the person who remembers a time when he/she used to enjoy those pursuits and life has blocked the way with its responsibilities, obligations and busyness. In [...]
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Pursuing the Creative Office
Though coffeeshops and other places to work boast all kinds of energy-giving people around, and they can grant all kinds of inspiration, they also have . . . all kinds of people around.
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Darkness and Beauty
Hurricane Sandy Update
For many, life is starting to get back to normal this week. For many more, life will never be the same. For people not right here in the North East, how do you summarize what happened? It’s almost impossible to put to words. This photograph from New York magazine says it well.
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Looking at Dorothy
In honor of Dorothy Parker’s Birthday…
I recently took a tour of the famed Algonquin Hotel in New York City. The Round Table and the Vicious Circle members frequented the establishment to entertain themselves with wise cracks, criticize the inferior, do business and inevitably make history.
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Finding an agent is a perilous journey filled with hard work, overcoming daunting fears, climbing through sticky wickets of self-doubt and more hard work. But it can be done. Here are some guidelines for finding an agent. My source has been a great friend, author and Editor, Daniel Nayeri. For more information, I cannot recommend [...]
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Recap of An Evening of Good Taste: Sake Tasting
Two or three times a year, International Arts Movement offers an Evening of Good Taste where you can experience a variety of art forms that tantalize all the senses. In the past there have been wine, chocolate and cheese tastings as well as a bourbon tasting, combined with visual and musical art, not to mention intellectually stimulating lectures. The latest offering was a sake tasting at Dillon Gallery, a benefit toward one of International Arts Movement’s initiatives: Generative Japan…
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If you’re considering a career change to become the protagonist in a mystery novel, I have several crucial things for you to embrace to ensure your success. You’ll see that the main goal is to continually build suspense. I wish you all the best in your endeavors.
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