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AW Tasks Series: Hall of Champions

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This is one of the Tasks in Week 1 of The Artist's Way  by Julia Cameron. Check out my previous post and other previous posts for details. For this task, I'm going to write about three "champions" of my creative self-worth and the compliments and/or encouragements they gave me along the way. At the end, I'll pick one of those compliments or encouragements and write it out on a card or sticky note, decorate it, and put it somewhere I can see it every day. Of course, my first and biggest champion has to be my best friend. We've known each other since high school. She is also a writer, and for most of our adult lives, she was my co-author on the Midnight Daze  series. My fondest memories are of the times we spent locked away in her office or bedroom, blissfully ignoring the world while we played with our characters, stayed up all night throwing ideas at each other (DANCING BUMBLEBEE!!! 🐝😉🤣), and wrote whatever the hell we wanted. Even though we're no longe...
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Thinking Book, AW Tasks Series, Word for 2026

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 I've been doing a lot of thinking on paper since yesterday. Been working on getting my shit together. One thing I did this morning was (re)set up a Thinking Book, which is an idea I got from Rachelle in Theory on YouTube. She has several videos about this concept, but I just linked the most recent one, which actually walks you thru setting one up. I previously thought I was going to use the Vera Bradley spiral-bound notebook I got for my birthday, but I discovered the pages tore out too easily. This morning, though, I decided to break out the B6 Stalogy I won in a giveaway earlier this year. I've been looking for a use for that one since I got it! When I first got it, I tried using it as a bullet journal, but that didn't really work. This is going to be a much better use for it. My brain already feels a little lighter since I've done some brain dumping in it. Plus I ended up having a brilliant idea, which I will get to shortly. First, a brief rundown of the concept of...
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Rough Draft Challenge Results, My Thoughts on THE ARTIST'S WAY, and Other Updates

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 Since my last post was about the Rough Draft Challenge, I figured I'll post a little update on how that went for me. I also want to get into some thoughts about the book The Artist's Way  by Julia Cameron, since that's what my bestie and I have been reading and (for me kinda sorta) following along with as part of our writing meetings. And of course I want to update about my writing progress. Let's just get that last part out of the way first. Since the last time I posted, I think I've written one other scene in LightShadows . I've had random scenes run thru my head here and there, but I haven't written those down. Just been letting them play for now. As for the Rough Draft Challenge, that was a lot of fun. I put no pressure on myself whatsoever to "win" it or anything. I just participated. Along the way, I lost track of tracking as I usually do, but I didn't let that bother me. In the end, I called it a win bc I accomplished my overall goal of...
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