Tag Archives: creativity

I Need a New Glue Gun

Posted by Heidi Sinnett

      2017 was rough.     Like, barreling-down-the-highway-at-the-speed-of-light, jamming-on-the-brakes,hurtling-through-the-windshield rough.     But I survived, and 2018 is a chance for something different.     After a lot of reflection, I realized I haven’t been doing things for … Continue reading →

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Finding Your Creative Self : Week 3

Posted by Heidi Sinnett

If you’ve been following my library-based creativity course recap, you’ll be glad to hear that Week #3 was a breakthrough! We’re halfway through, and things really came together for people, although I also think we realized a lot of frustrations … Continue reading →

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A Love Letter to Elizabeth Gilbert for BIG MAGIC

Posted by Heidi Sinnett

Dear Elizabeth,   Can I call you Liz? I feel like I should be calling you Liz after having you in my head and world for the past few months. But seriously, didn’t you write BIG MAGIC for me? I … Continue reading →

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September. Wherefore art thou, September?

Posted by Heidi Sinnett

I don’t know where it went, but it’s gone.  And now it’s October.  While I’m busy prepping a YA Buccaneer post for NaNoWriMo, eating hoards of turkey and pumpkin pie (yes, it’ll be Thanksgiving here in Canada in a few … Continue reading →

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Get Creative!

Posted by Heidi Sinnett

Writers create. Writers invent. Writers discover. But do we go far enough?   Do you invent elaborate histories for the characters you write, even if most of it will never be part of your book? Some authors do. Some authors … Continue reading →

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