Category: friendship

The Muse Who Keeps Dialing -or- The Explanation of my Absence

A post worth reading about caring, hope, grief, and not giving up – the things that we deal with each and every day…and then some.

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Enemies of the Art Part 2–Psychic Vampires

From the blog of Kristen Lamb:

The first enemy we discussed, was Approval Addiction. Today, we discuss Psychic Vampires. We all know them and likely are related to more than a few. These are the complainers, the whiners, the neverending-vortexes-of-need, the flakes, the wafflers, the haters, the critics and the bullies.

Writing is a unique profession. We are in the entertainment business which means we wear many, many hats. We are artists, but we are also entrepreneurs in a marketplace with staggering competition, where discoverability is nothing short of a nightmare.

Our profession is also distinctive because our emotions and state of mind cannot be separated from our work. Anything that drains us, distracts us, discourages us can spell death if not dealt with early and swiftly. Toxic people will poison our muse, the root system of our art.

For the rest of the article see: Enemies of the Art Part 2–Psychic Vampires.

My kids don’t care if you hate their music for no reason. They DO care if you hate people for no reason.

My kids don’t care if you hate their music for no reason. They DO care if you hate people for no reason..