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Wonderful Overwhelming Amazing When I was writing up the proposal for Word of Art, I kept it strikingly similar to Drawn with Words, the Art in your Eye program I had participated in the year before. Same word count, same provision of 16×20 canvas, same book format. But there was one major difference. I wanted…
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An epidemic of challenges is going around Facebook and other social media networks. It’s fun, it’s beneficial, it’s inclusive. Beneath a bucket of ice water, we’re all equal. I’m sure you’ve seen the videos– everyone from your high school English teacher to your next door neighbor to your kid’s softball coach to the White Sox…
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You know what I miss? Curfews. Oh! I just got that—I miss curfews because I’m late, lol. No, that’s not what I mean at all. (I’m never late.) I miss curfews and data plans and dial-up. Yes, you read that correctly. I said I miss dial-up. I don’t miss the inconvenience, the interruptions, or *ugh*…
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I had an install at 8 am this morning. That’s really early for me. When the doorbell rang and he said he was here with a dishwasher and microwave, I said “YAY!” and he replied, “It’s only a dishwasher and microwave, no need for such enthusiasm.” Obviously 8 am is early for him, too. When…
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Dear Casey, My long distance dedication request begins in December of 1985. I’d had an accident the previous summer and totaled my car so I was at the mercy of other drivers. Kathy had come to pick me up from NIU for winter break. I swear I was the last student to leave Neptune North,…
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I haven’t read Danielle Steel in years. More than years, decades. But I used to. Books like Star, Wanderlust, and Kaleidoscope were just what I needed after having the bejesus scared out of me by Stephen King in The Stand and IT, or venturing through the depths of books like Snow Crash and The Diamond…
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I’m trying to pace myself– to keep Word of Art on your radar without beating you over the head with it. It’s just… I’M SO EXCITED! I have collected all of the canvases and will begin photographing them for the book soon. (these are just teasers!) For those of you unfamiliar, Word of Art…
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Do you hear that phrase a lot? I hear it all the time. I say it all the time. The problem is I’m not hungry at breakfast time so if I eat breakfast I’m still hungry for lunch. The problem is I have no self-discipline. I need external deadlines. The problem is I’m always buying…
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