Dawn Blair's Blog, page 4

The way

My creativity coach has asked me to set up my schedule for the next two weeks to accomplish some things that I’d like to get done. This is to help me with “I don’t have time.” Let me tell you: I’m feeling the anxiety. I have done a lot of creative projects in 15 minutes … Continue reading The way

Under the domino of life

I’m playing catch-up tonight. I’ve had a couple chores to do that I’ve been putting off and I did them this morning, only to leave me thing that really needed done not started. It has been a cascading domino that caught up to me. On the bright side, I did design two covers this morning … Continue reading Under the domino of life

Cover decisions

It was decision time on the cover that I was working on yesterday. I need to decide on some colors and the background — still having some troubles there — and I picked a font for the title. This last one seemed like the easy part. I had a font surface pretty quickly which is … Continue reading Cover decisions

Kickstarter and stories

I’m sharing a Kickstarter tonight which I’m excited for. It’s not active yet, so I can only share the link. If I remember, I’ll share again when it’s live so you can see the banner. In the meanwhile, I suggest you check it out. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... I really need to get my Kickstarters going. Sigh. Time. … Continue reading Kickstarter and stories

When it just isn’t there

Not every day has to be perfect. It’s okay that some days are just blah. I’ve had one of those days today. Truth be told, no, I really don’t want to write my blog tonight. But I know if I don’t, tomorrow I’ll be really irritated with myself. And you know what, that’s all okay. … Continue reading When it just isn’t there

The cursed book

I encountered a cursed book today. I thought it was simple a book that was upside-down in its dust jacket. So I righted it. It was still upside-down. Now, I know what you’re thinking. It was like one of the old Ace Doubles which had two books in one and you read one book, flipped … Continue reading The cursed book

The spooks start their approach

The ghosts of Friday’s past came to spook me today. One would think that October was approaching. Oh, it is. I can’t believe we’re nearly at September. When did that happen? But, I am hoping to have a gothic novella (or maybe two if I don’t get haunted too much) out by October for some … Continue reading The spooks start their approach

Business end

I either need to learn it or hire someone, preferably someone who can teach me. That’s where I got to today. I’m having an issue with my Power BI queries due to changes in delivered statements and generally I just rebuild my Power Query to adjust to the new format, but I keep telling myself … Continue reading Business end

Thousands of years of headlines

Cleopatra dead at 39 by suicide Vandals break nose off of sphinx saying that that “just wanted to pick it” Alexander takes over another town Caesar murdered while walking down street Volcanic eruption shakes area, kills hundreds 400,000 men march off to war Boy king dies in tragic accident, some blame uncle Persian army faces … Continue reading Thousands of years of headlines

Wall calendars

My wall calendars are haunting me. They hang there with lines and marks, scribbles, and scratched out words. They remind me that I’m not being focused. It’s true. Unfortunately. Not only am I going to have to rearrange some items on the board, but I’m going to have to push myself. I had being pushed. … Continue reading Wall calendars