Category: Creative Projects
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On New Blood, Next Books, & Tending the Well (and Self)
Turning in a book is like graduating, or making a purchase you have saved and scraped for, or (this writer imagines) achieving long-schemed revenge: victory followed by a fog of purposelessness. You go from hell-bent, immersed, and productive to…not in the time it takes to send an email. Then, slowly or with evil speed, the […]
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Homemade Calendar – December
I’m pretty pleased with how December turned out considering I was way behind and had no idea what I was going to do for my monthly artwork until the eve of the 31st! Since this is the last month in my 2014 homemade calendar series, I want to take a moment to observe some things […]
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Homemade Calendar – November
Ok, I admit it: It’s become more about the art than crossing off the days. Which is great for getting in a minimum of one art project a month, but not for observing the date. I think next year I’ll go with a more practical calendar. December is always a variable time of year– lots […]
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Homemade Calendar – August
Here’s August! I think it’s my favorite so far this year. It was also an incredible month! September will see revisions of one book, continued planning for the next, and at least one art or blog project. What are your goals for September?
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Homemade Calendar – July
Here’s July! This time I experimented with collage and I’m excited to do something new for August. Goals for this month include, but are not limited to: Finishing up the first draft of my middle grade WIP (two chapters to go) Mapping out my next book!
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Homemade Calendar – June
This month is brought to you by tropical Skittles. Skittles: taste the lurid color! And now on to July, in which I will continue the first draft of a project and have plans for several short term art works. Stay tuned for details! In the meantime, if you’re a fellow writer or book lover on […]
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Homemade Calendar – March
Last month I shared the first page of my homemade 2014 calendar. This week I bring you the completed March: Materials this time included paint pens and permanent markers. I’m IN LOVE with Craftsmart’s gold foil! Looking ahead to April, my month’s goals include but are not limited to: Completing Draft 3 of my WIP […]
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Embracing the Variable
It’s April and I have officially cleaned out the first jar of vocab I had stored up for my weekly segment, Words of the Week. Although I still have 15+ pages of words lying around in notebooks and on hard drives, the completion of the first jar in conjunction with the end of the month […]
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Homemade Calendar
Inspired partly by a friend’s homemade calendar and partly by Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project, this year I decided (albeit not until February) to make my own 12 month calendar to set goals and monthly focuses. Goals would be short-term, one-time tasks: write a letter. Read 4 books. Do X errand, memorize Y poem, try […]
Julie Israel 