Category Archives: Create
Goals for 2013–January Update
Poems read: 115/365 Poems written: 46/365 Short stories read: 25/365 Short stories written: 1/24 Submissions: 0/12 Videos made: 2/100 Sketches made: 165/365 Art pieces made: 18/52 And I worked on my novel.
Charcoal is Pretty Awesome
I bought gray scale paper and white charcoal. Finished the sketchbook in one sitting.
Cooking Adventures
This week has been a cooking adventure. I made gumbo (a slightly different recipe than I normally use) and pralines on the same day. When I cut the green pepper, it was shaped like a miniature boat. For the very first time, I made stuffed flounder. I didn’t have to eat for the rest of …
Art Supply Depo
I visited The Art Supply Depo in Toledo and purchased Noodler’s Ink Summer Tanager, charcoal, Flip-Sketch, and Pen Sketcher.
Playing with Charcoal
I used charcoal for the first time and made over 30 sketches. And I made a mess with an entire stick of charcoal.
ToledoWiki and Seed Coworking
Earlier this evening I went to the ToledoWiki editing party at Seed Coworking. It was fun to explore the pages and create my own. I started one for writing hotspots. And I became a member of Seed Coworking. So at least once a month I will go and work on finishing a novel draft.
Goals so far
I’ve read 100 poems, 11 short stories, filmed 2 videos (need to edit them), and made 34 sketches. Not bad for 10 days into 2013. One of my sketches in Corel Painter.
Goals for 2013
My 2012 goal of Create was a success. I made more paintings. I didn’t make much progress on the music quilt, but maybe 2013 will be nicer to it. Wrote several poems and letters I am proud of, finished NaNo, and worked on short stories. My 2013 word for the year is Productivity. I already …
2012 Was Pretty Awesome
I graduated from college, went to Chicago and New Orleans for conferences, worked as an editorial intern at Dzanc Books, won my 4th NaNoWriMo, earned 2nd place for my pumpkin bread, attended my first Nightwish concert, and so much more. I hope 2012 was a good year for you, but I hope 2013 is even …
Suzanna and Writing 