Posts Tagged "inspiration"

A few weeks ago, I had my portrait painted at a fundraiser event at a local arts center that my friend Sam is involved with. The artist was doing 15 minute portraits, and he was fascinating to watch at work. It was amazing to see how in such a short amount of time with what seemed to be just a few broad brush strokes he created completely finished paintings. Here’s what mine turned out like: My mother says she has my body, but the face doesn’t look like me, and my father has decided it doesn’t look anything like me. Here is a photo of me in a completely different pose and hairstyle that probably won’t help much as a point of comparison: Perhaps proof that the portrait does not have more than a passing resemblance to yours truly is the...

The theme of today’s group blog by Stephanie Faris at Steph in the City is “That Song That Fits Your Novel.” You can participate in the group blog by clicking here. I’ve noticed that a lot of writers have playlists that suit the mood of their works in progress as well as their finished novels, and despite being something of a music nerd – I think this might just mean that I listen to nerdy music – I’ve never really had a playlist for my work or even a single song that I considered the theme song of my novel. Way back (and it was a long time ago) when I first started working on The Balderdash Semesters I remember coming up with a list of inspirational books, films, movies and TV shows. I don’t think they were really...