Tag: creativity
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Pressure
I put myself under a lot of pressure. People have pointed this out to me my entire life. It used to always be a warning—I was about to crush myself, and they wanted me to ease up to avoid it. I didn’t usually listen, and often ended up running myself into the ground. As I’ve…
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Moving Forward, Looking Back
This week marks an important milestone in my writing career. Tomorrow, July 7, it will have been one year since my first book, Wandering Soul, was published 🙂 I adore this book, and have been wanting to go back and read it again—to visit the characters and world of The Summer Park Psychics. The urge…
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Messages from the Universe
Here’s a quick little post about the Universe once again giving me some feedback 🙂 Last night, I gave myself a bit of a break and played some video games in front of the TV (decadent!). I have so many projects in the works right now, with edits for the spider-headed zombie romance underway, the…
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Family Matters
I spent hours trying to write a blog post about family for this week. Hours. And in the end, I realized that the question is too important to me to try to fit all of my thoughts into one blog post. I don’t just have words on the topic of family—I have worlds on it.…
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The Top Ten Ways I Celebrate Finishing a Book
I’ve sent in the final round of edits for Lingering Touch where I let myself make changes. From here on out, it’s checking in with editors and looking over final proofs. That’s a lot more relaxing than hunting through the text trying to find any places where I can make the story stronger. I have…
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Sunday at the Museum…
I started getting out more before the end of 2015. I’m lucky to live close enough to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to go there whenever I want. I used to go more often, but have been too busy lately. In 2016, I’ll be making more time to go.
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Surround Yourself with Beauty
The hardest part of winter is the monochromatic palette. As the trees and grass settle into their slumber, everything becomes washed out in shades of gray, white, and black. Winter absolutely has its own beauty—stark and clean. I can enjoy it better if I surround myself with color and reminders of the spring that’s yet…
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Inspiration
I know of quite a few authors who’ve said that a certain actor or actress will keep popping into their head when they’re writing a particular character. Some go so far as to say they have a specific person in mind to play a character if their book is ever made into a movie. My…
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New Year, New Look!
Greetings everyone! I hope your New Year is off to a terrific start. My 2016 began with a book launch, which is a fantastic way to start a year. Whispering Hearts is doing great and being very well received. There are a few reviews already, including one from RT Book Reviews and this wonderful review…
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Spring!
I couldn’t have picked a more perfect time to give myself that negative space—moments of emptiness waiting to be filled. This spring has been gorgeous! I found this delightful fairy grotto in my own front yard. The lilacs were amazing this year. Their sweet smell surrounded me every time I walked outside. The first flowers…
Cassandra Chandler 