Arguably, one of the hardest steps to take in the journey of authorship, or any artistic venture for that matter, is the first step. Whether you be a painter, poet, or writer, starting on a blank canvas or empty page is daunting. This doesn’t have to necessarily be the case however. I’ve published two novelsContinue reading “Stepping Out of Comfort”
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Project Story-board
You should have one too! -J.M. Topp The answer is absolutely yes! For every writing project I have that has potential to become a novel I create what I call a project board or an idea board. No matter what you call it, this is the space where you can take the characters that livedContinue reading “Project Story-board”
Weird Western
My current writing project is titled The Rise of Devils. I was inspired to write this project after a Reedsy short story challenge. Typically, I use these challenges to get out of my writing comfort zone and boy am I glad I did. The Rise of Devils is a Weird Western collection of intertwining shortContinue reading “Weird Western”
I’m live!!
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Music is my Inspiration
The art of keeping the conversation of a story alive in my mind is fueled by music. Typically, when I write a story, I like to listen to music similar to that genre. What I gravitate to in music is the feeling that is drawn out from emotions depicted in the lyrics and musical notes.Continue reading “Music is my Inspiration”
I’m Live! Character Sheet Day!
Thought of the Day: Criticism
Often the voice of criticism comes from ourselves. The thought of quitting because you aren’t good enough or the voice saying your art sucks is a great battle to fight but that’s not what this post is about. This post is about handling outside criticism. Let’s say you published your poem, uploaded your children’s book,Continue reading “Thought of the Day: Criticism”
I am humbled by you…thanks
When thinking about how to build a community it took me a long while to come up with the concept. Now that I have the idea I realize I’m in a field populated by only a handful of other streamer-authors. I was pretty sure the beginning would be extremely rough. When I started my YouTubeContinue reading “I am humbled by you…thanks”
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