Tag: creativity

• Respect Creative Artists (And check out this cool new song)

  One of my favorite bands, House of Heroes, has a new album coming out this July. I just found out about it this week and I’ve had their pre-release lyric video on repeat for the last three days. Here it is: I’ve been hooked on House of Heroes since I discovered their amazing album “The…

  sassevn

  May 7, 2016

  Current Events, Life

  colors run house of heroes, creativity, house of heroes, music critic, new release, new releases

• I love my creative setting!

  I’m in a school setting. So yes, I teach. Whenever I’m not teaching, I write. But one of the things I love about being in a school setting is that I am given time-sensitive opportunities to write creatively, where my writing is immediately used and performed for audiences. The turnaround on feedback is amazing. Example.…

  sassevn

  March 9, 2016

  Indie Author

  creative staging, creative writing, creativity, drama productions, drama writing

• Forget All Those Author Duties. I Just Want to Create

  I am still in need of a publicist, secretary, and experienced book promoter who wants nothing in return from life except to see my books succeed. I’ve actually gotten very few job applications to fill this vacancy. The only one I received was from a less-than-enthusiastic candidate who is more interested in turning a clever…

  sassevn

  February 15, 2016

  Indie Author

  creativity, problems with being an indie author, writing, writing drama

• Anyone else sick of cover versions of classic tunes?

  I was in the mall the other day and I saw an add for a new album by a well-known jazz artist. The only songs from the new album which were being advertised on a large cardboard cut-out were two covers of “Hotel California” and “Desperado.”  I’m sure the marketing geniuses who came up with…

  sassevn

  August 7, 2015

  Life

  creativity, hotel california, Music, musical covers, originality, song covers

• Writers: Chip Away like a Sculptor

  The story is there. Already. It’s in the mind. It’s composed of memories and relationships, small pieces of information from earth, and deep dreams which probe the vastness of the unknown. The story is already created. It simply needs to be released. It needs to be formulated in a way that will make sense to…

  sassevn

  June 7, 2015

  Indie Author

  brainstorming, creativity, writing, writing and sculpting, writing process

• Creativity: the Driving Force

  Someone asked me recently why I write. After I thought about it, it became increasingly clear: creativity. I have an overwhelming drive to create. I absolutely love picking an idea out of the thin air and seeing what I can create with it. If I could be locked away (on a beautiful tropical island) and…

  sassevn

  May 1, 2015

  Indie Author

  compelled to write, creativity, indie author, passion for writing, reasons for writing, why I write

• Ready to Move On, But Another Revision Awaits

  I’m a firm believer in letting a finished work sit for a while before giving it its final revision prior to its final editing. But there is a problem that arises as well – or at least it does for me – and that is my brain has already moved onto other interests. What to…

  sassevn

  January 17, 2015

  Indie Author

  beta readers, creativity, editing, novel writing, releasing a novel, revising, writing

• My Alexander Popish Poem & a Yearning to Create

  The more and more I think about my past, the more and more I realize that I have always yearned to create. I remember when I was a sophomore in college, one of my lit courses was 18th Century English Literature.  On one of our assignments, we had to write some sort of comparative analysis…

  sassevn

  November 22, 2014

  Indie Author

  alexander pope, creative writing, creativity, muse of writing, poem

• I’d Rather Write a Novel than a Summary of that Novel

  I’m at it again. One of my most frustrating times of the year. Writing the dreaded “blurb” that will become the back of my novel or the description on Amazon or just the pitch that I’ll use with reviewers. I’m nearly at the point of sending the draft of my fourth novel out to some…

  sassevn

  October 1, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  advanced readers, blurb writing, creativity, indie author, novel writing, synopsis writing, writing, writing process

• Creative Writing: The Tried and True becomes the Tried and New

  There is nothing new under the sun. No new plots to uncover. No new experiences to be told about. Creativity is in the realm of re-hashing the common and already told into a refreshing and new take. Creativity is taking that situation and putting your unique twist on it that only you could have created.…

  sassevn

  July 24, 2014

  Writing Process

  common themes in writing, creativity, generating ideas, ideas, writing, writing ideas