Jamie Brazil's Other Creative Passions

Happy New Year! 

Today author Jamie Brazil joins us 

to dish about the other creative passion that she always makes time for...

Author Jamie Brazil 

Title: A Stitch in Time…

Not many people know this about me, but I sew.  I love sewing.  Probably because it has to do with clothes.  Another love of mine. 

Like many women, my mother taught me to sew.  Sewing, it seems to me, is part of the whole (old school) Slavic-female culture.  Not sewing is not an option.  My mother’s mother, Baba, taught her to sew.  There’s sewing history here.  I own, and sometimes wear, a 1960s flannel shirt my Baba made for my Didi (Grandfather).  Somewhere in my mother’s cedar chest is Baba’s silk wedding gown.  Home-sewn in 1916.

Is it only tradition?  No.

Creative Passions with Maggie Jaimeson

Happy New Year! 

We are rocking 2013 on The Resolutions Tour!

Join my friend Maggie Jaimeson as she tells us how she'll be ...Taking Time for Those OTHER Creative Passions

Meanwhile, I'm over @ Linda Mercury's Blog  talking about how I Live the Literary Life, and you can too!
 

'Diversity Provokes Serendipity'

Maggie Jaimeson

HEALING NOTES

Creative people sometimes have a hard time diversifying their passions. For many years, my novel writing was my ONLY Creative Passion. 
 

Because I worked full-time in another profession, I felt I only had time for one creative endeavor. I gave up singing in the choir. I gave up sewing (I used to make my own clothes). I gave up acting—even in small community theater.
 

It’s true that my time was extremely limited. However, I formed a habit of not doing anything else in order to focus my outside time on writing. 
 

Jessa Slade's Other Creative Passion

Happy New Year!

Are you ready to rock 2013?

I'm over @ Author Paty Jager's Blog today. Join me to talk about Volunteerism, Wherever We Are.

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Welcome, Jessa Slade, author of A Little Night Muse

What are your thoughts on my New Year’s resolution to Take Time for Other Creative Passions?


Jessa Slade

The Darkest Night (A Marked Souls Christmas novella) 

Jessa says, "Writing is my first and deepest creative passion. I’ve given up a lot in order to focus on that love. I don’t paint or draw anymore. I do very little photography. I wish I could dance more. The bittersweet reality is, I don’t have enough hours in my life to do all the things I would love to do.

Paty Jager's Other Creative Passion

Happy New Year!

Are you ready to rock 2013?

I'm over @ Author Jessa Slade's Blog today. Join me, and help her Get Organized!

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Welcome, Paty Jager, author of Secrets of a Mayan Moon 

What are your thoughts on my New Year’s resolution to Take Time for Other Creative Passions?
 

 

Paty Jager
Secrets of a Mayan Moon

Paty says, "Bold Colors Spark my Creativity.

Over the years I’ve had many creative passions. Several of them I can no longer do, thanks to all the typing I do for writing.  Cake decorating and crocheting  were a couple that I enjoyed. But my wrists can’t take the extra stress beyond my typing. 

Linda Mercury's Other Creative Passion

Happy New Year! 

We are rocking 2013 with 
The Resolutions Tour!

Today, I'm over @
Maggie Jaimeson's Blog
Helping her Take a Vacation...on a Budget!


Join author Linda Mercury as she dishes about My Resolution. 

Linda says; "How does one make time for those important “Other” Creative Passions? If you are a writer, you might also love watercolors or flower arranging or the dark magics of the fiber arts.

Jenna Bayley-Burke's Other Creative Passion

Happy New Year! 

Are you ready to rock 2013? 

I'm over @ Author Jamie Brazil's Blog today. Join me, and help her Shrink Her Closet!

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Welcome, JennaBayley-Burke, author of Drive Me Crazy! 

What are your thoughts on my New Year’s resolution to Take Time for Other Creative Passions?

 

Jenna: I call this filling the well. For me, I have to do creative things in order to be creative on the page. I find if I get stuck writing until my brain goes to mush, I can’t go on. There is no pushing through it. There is no more to give.

Resolution Tour Begins!

Happy New 

    Year! 

 

Time to Rock it!

In 2013, I resolve ... to take time for my Other Creative Passions!

To help me get started, my friend, 

Cassiel Knight

Blood on the Moon (Children of Egypt, Book 1)

Cassiel: It seems one of the most common resolutions for New Year’s always involves some form of time management and organization. Finding and taking the time to do the things you want to do. Time for vacation. Time for family. If you are an author, it’s: Time for writing. Time for promoting. And so on.

Authorities talk about how time can be gained by organizing yet how many of us actually do that?

One of Cathryn’s resolutions involves time to do other creative pursuits. As if there are other things besides writing and reading. Okay, okay, I know there are. So, how does a busy woman find and take the time?