Imposter Syndrome

Mark Coleman

Imposter Syndrome

Quieting the voice of self-doubt.


Friedman's sketch

Donald M. Rattner

Creativity Tactic #40

Pick up a pencil.


Joy Sikorski

Joy Sikorski

Whimsical drawing lessons

From How to Draw a Clam and Squeaky Chalk.


Pterodactyl

Joy Sikorski

Draw a pterodactyl

From Squeaky Chalk.

Duology bookset by D.L. Taylor

On discipline and the quiet work that turns ideas into books


By Chris Dunmire | Updated 2/25/26

I had the pleasure of attending a book release party where I met two standout YA fantasy authors, D.L. Taylor and Logan Karlie, celebrating the release of the second installment in Taylor’s duology The Beasts We Bury and The Beasts We Raise. More …


Dear Muse typewriter letter

How collaboration and focus help you finish what you start


By Susan M. Brackney | Updated 2/15/26

Dear Muse,

My creative energy is like a Ping-Pong ball bouncing off the walls, and there are not enough lifetimes for me to accomplish all of my goals. I'm very frustrated, because I can't seem to concentrate on one project at a time or even place them in any order of importance. More…


Fostering Creativity in Children

Abby Connors

Validate creative ideas

Valuing ideas in children.

4 Steps of Creativity

ADVENTure #14

Graham Wallas' Creativity Step 1

Preparation pulls together the beginning of the problem-solving process.

Perfect Personal Essay

Perfect Personal Essay

Incorporate the Three-Part Narrative

You really do need a structure when writing personal narrative.

Creativity Illuminator

funmire

The Great Creativity Illuminator

Creative thinking shifts perspective.

Cookie Fortune Maker (CFM)

funmire

Cookie Fortune Maker

The World's Oldest Microblogging Platform takes its seat in the long history of social media


thalia

9 Greek muses

Thalia

Muse of comedy, humor, and laughter.


9 Greek Muses

Molly Anderson

Invoking the 9 Greek Muses

Calliope · Clio · Erato · Euterpe · Melpomene · Polymnia · Terpsichore · Thalia · Urania


Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Genius habits: Sensazione

Awakening your senses.


Creativity Illuminator

funmire

The Great Creativity Illuminator

Creative thinking shifts perspective.


Collage

Jill Allison Bryan

Reframing a tangled mess to meditation

Reframing is a liberating technique to take a challenging situation and put a different spin on it.

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