The Business of Creativity :: Divining The Muse

Launch a New Creative Project

MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 2/20/2017 Theme, Ace of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, and work. Ace is the beginning, the seed. In Wands, Ace is the new creative project that carries passion and energy with it. This week, be alert for new ideas so that you can launch a…

Is Your Journal Analog, Digital, Video or…?

Posted on September 21, 2016

One recent Sunday morning I woke early and, creeping downstairs to my studio, decided to use the time to clean out some email from my Sent box since the number had climbed into the thousands. As I read through emails I’d sent from as far back as 2009, I deleted some and saved others. I realized that in many ways…

Create but Don’t Forget to Promote

Posted on April 6, 2016

And that is what writing is about. Love. Love of the art, love of the story, and love for and from the people who really understand your work. Nobody else matters. Love yourself. Love your work. Be brave. Just write. Melodie Ramone Last weekend, Bob and I attended the NAMS14 conference in Atlanta. The conference is all about how to…

Do I Scare You?

Posted on August 12, 2015

I’m working on a re-design of my site and recently someone suggested that I might want to leave out any mention of the tarot and perhaps even the dream work if I didn’t want to scare potential clients away. Point taken, but… After years playing down certain aspects of my work, I finally gathered my courage and put out in…

Are Your Tools Your Rules?

Posted on August 6, 2014

At the recent Writer’s Digest Annual Conference, Tim Grahl, author and book marketer for well-known authors like Dan Pink, spoke about building platform and connecting authentically with readers. He advised his listeners to not confuse the tools of social media with being the rules. I straightened in my seat when I heard that because several years ago I had been…

Are You Shrinking Yourself? Another Lesson from Alice

Posted on December 11, 2013

“Are you content now?” said the Caterpillar. “Well, I should like to be a little larger, sir, if you wouldn’t mind,” said Alice: “three inches is such a wretched height to be.” Remember when, after Alice in Wonderland falls down the rabbit hole she discovers a doorway that opens into a lovely garden but the doorway is less than a…