1. Start a file folder for blogging ideas. Whenever you come across good blog fodder, scribble it on a piece of paper and throw it in there. I get lots of ideas from subscribers who write to me. Because I don’t have time to answer personal questions, I ask if I can use their question […]
Tips for focusing your blog content Read
When I asked earlier in the week why you’re not blogging, Kathy Eyster commented: Why don’t I blog? Well…I’m an introvert and I don’t necessarily *want* to tell everyone what’s going on with me! 😉 She may have been halfway kidding because she said more than that, but the plain fact is: You don’t have
Blogs don’t have to be personal Read
In continuing the theme of this week’s Art Marketing Action newsletter and yesterday’s post, I include Part 2 of my editing tips. While they were written for artist statements, I believe they are equally helpful for your other text. Some things to look for . . . Opening. Does your first sentence intrigue and lead
Editing Tips for Artists: Part 2 Read
From this week’s Art Marketing Action newsletter, I encourage you to edit carefully what you put out for public consumption. Not necessarily your blog. Blogs are more free-flowing, organically grown beasts. But edit your statement, brochures, biographies, and websites so that you have fewer words with bigger impact.
Editing Tips for Artists (Part 1: Pre-editing) Read
In today’s Art Marketing Action newsletter, I discuss the ways in which some people approach (or don’t approach, fear, are perplexed by) art. I’d like to offer some ideas for what to do after you’ve armed yourself with this knowledge. First, put people at ease with you. Open up, be approachable. Listen to them and
I am seduced by the premise behind Francine Prose’s book “Reading Like a Writer,” reviewed in The New York Times by Emily Barton. My seduction comes from this paragraph in the review: Another difficulty faced by writing teachers is, paradoxically, the lack of interest many students show in reading. And those who do read often
Ran into a great idea while I was talking with my coach, Cynthia Morris, today. We were discussing my journaling challenge and this awesome book I’m reading (her recommendation) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal entitled Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. I love the way it’s written as quick observations. Some entries are deep and meaningful. Others
An idea book or box instead of a journal? Read
Last week I issued a challenge to keep up your journal for 21 days. (This after the Art Marketing Action newsletter with the same topic.) I’m happy to say I’m on Day 11 and am fairly proud that I wake up with the thought of getting some journaling in as soon as possible. Then, whenever
How are you doing on your journal? Read
While we’re on the subject of journaling, why not start a blog? Yes, I know, it’s slightly more public than a private journal, but the benefits are enormous. (Lisa Call and I talk about this in the audio class: Blogging for Artists.) You could even edit your daily journals to be more appropriate for a
Confession: I wrote today’s Art Marketing Action newsletter on starting a journal in order to give me impetus to do it myself. I’ve been slacking on the journal front, probably because I have to write a lot anyway. But keeping a journal is very different from writing for public eyes. As I said, there is
Keep Up Your Artist’s Journal for 21 Days Read
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