Creative Process – Christine Otis

Author Interview: Aisha Toombs: Nerdi Bunny

Posted on December 12, 2015March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process, Interviews

Aisha Toombs is a teacher, author, and bee-enthusiast. Nerdi Bunny and the Busy Bee Bully Bear Business marks her debut as a children’s book writer. She has written articles and reviews for various websites, written a one-act play for the 2008 GLO New Light Festival in Philadelphia and previously self-published an anthology of poetry and […]

Niche

Posted on November 4, 2015March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process

In my last blog post I mentioned about creating my niche. One important aspect is creating a logo design, so check out my logo at the top of the page! Another aspect to creating my own market is that I’m continuously working on other venues for selling my artwork. I opened an Etsy store to […]

Create to Discover

Posted on June 30, 2015March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process

Fully formed work for an artist is pretty much a misnomer. Personally, some pieces flow out like water, while others feel like constipation. Like so many artists, one way or another, it will come out of me; it’s a matter of how it will come out, and what I will do with it that makes […]

Author Interview: John Scalzi

Posted on August 21, 2014March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process, Dialogue, Flim, & Script Writing, Interviews, Marketing, Writing Process

JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His massively successful debut Old Man’s War won him science fiction’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, and Redshirts; which won 2013’s Hugo Award […]

Author Interview: Lin Enger

Posted on July 6, 2014March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process, Interviews, What's going on, Writing Process

Lin Enger is the author of two novels, The High Divide (Algonquin, September 2014) and Undiscovered Country (Little, Brown, 2008). He received his MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches English at Minnesota State University Moorhead. In the 1990s he collaborated with his brother, the novelist Leif Enger, on a series of mystery novels […]

Building Creativity

Posted on May 23, 2014March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process

How do I build creativity? Discipline Adapting and Defying Odds Surrounding Yourself with Talented and Skilled People Problem Solving Taking Risks Failing Persistence Taking an idea and bringing it to fruition may sound like an easy process, but it’s very time consuming. The thought process that goes into it, the persistence, being adaptable and defying […]

Raw Emotions

Posted on March 31, 2014March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process, Dialogue, Flim, & Script Writing, Writing Process

There’s something to be said about raw emotions. They tug and pull at us while watching movies, reading books, and with what we see and do. In my interview with Rodrigo Garcia, he said when writing a story, “go where it hurts.” Going to that place isn’t easy, but as an author, it’s where I […]

Slopestyle

Posted on March 11, 2014March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process

Every artist has a vision. Nick Goepper makes his look easy. That’s the job of every artist. To make it look like a breeze, Means determination, stamina, strength, and vision. Watch Nick Goepper and his winning slopestyle tricks to understand an artistic dream and executing it.

Setting the Scene

Posted on February 7, 2014March 23, 2022 Christine OtisPosted in Creative Process, Writing Process

What’s In This Closet? by Guest Blogger Linda White One of the best ways to set a scene is to walk through the main character’s closet. Talk about the tuxedo, praise the paisley, or mention the mink coat in your piece. Chances are the second your reader sees the words “worn coveralls” she’s going to […]