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HitC Music – Conceptual Art
My dearest friend Tiffany (who I have known since the first grade), is one of the most talented people I know! She is an author, an editor, a songwriter, and now she has come out with A SINGLE! YES, MY GIRL WROTE A SONG, WROTE THE MUSIC, DID ALL THE STUFF – and it’s OUT! It’s so much fun and energetic! I actually met up with her this summer to get some photos to go with the release. Now, my aesthetic is very dark…and well…not so happy. But Tiffany’s energy is always so infectious, and I am really happy with what we created together! You listen to her…
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Changes…
So it’s been awhile…and I promised I was going to be better, but life happens. I was on strict deadlines for editing of book 3. I was editing photos in between and forgetting to post them on here. Family stuff. Foster stuff. Mental health days. But life has kept on going. But I really want to share a lot of the projects I have been working on. And get back on the blogging band wagon. So, I want to start with one of the biggest new projects – my work with Mabel Stirrups (Instagram, Twitter – NSFW). I’ve been really trying to explore different types of conceptual art and ways to…
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Author Interview – WHERE WE FIRST BEGAN by Rebecca Elise
I am absolutely thrilled today to interview someone who has made such an impact on my life, my agent – Rebecca Angus! Today, her novel WHERE WE FIRST BEGAN comes out! Happy book birthday, Rebecca! This book is a beautifully woven historical romance inspired by Texas history that intrigues me so because there is a bit of a modern twist to it! Check out my interview with Rebecca below and learn more about this stunning story! But first, LOOK AT THIS COVER! *SWOONS* Blurb: When Aubrey Harrison wrecks her truck on the side of a dark Texas highway, she wakes up in the year 1836, in another woman’s life—someone who…
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Honesty and Truth
This was the year for honesty for me. Being honest not only with how I portray myself, but also honest with myself. I’m in this weird place. Where I want to say so much, but I can’t for reasons I can’t even explain. Because of that I feel like I am not being honest. But sometimes truths take their time. Now is not the time to speak, but to listen. So I stand and I listen. For me, that is what this picture represents. Me caught in the wind, tangled up in emotions. But silent. I’m here to listen. I wrote this and I thought how…
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Feelings
I have lots of feelings right now. So many. But I don’t know if the words are right. So I will just post some photos I have done recently with some poetry I have written. I spin, I spin. So the world can blur. And we can mend. She’s stuck in a nightmare, she whispers while she sleeps. “I live in this clock. I’m stuck in this clock.” The broken fountain doesn’t hear her wish. But something else does…
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Update…on Life.
This posts is just going to be one GIANT update for you. There is so much going on and I really wanted to condense it down, but I ramble. So enjoy. Foster/Adoption Update The universe is testing me. I know it. We thought we had completed everything we needed to get our home fully certified to be a foster home. It really is amazing how many hoops you have to jump through to become foster children. I mean, I totally get it, and I am happy to do it all – the children’s safety is of the upmost importance. But goodness, people out there just have babies. They don’t attend…
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All You Can Do Is Try
I got my first photo submission rejection today! I know it seems like *maybe* I should be upset. And really I thought I probably would be. I mean when I got my first literary rejections IT HURT SO BAD. I drank so much wine. And cried a little. But today when I saw the email appear on my phone and I read it, no tears came. I was proud of myself. For trying. I was more nervous about submitting than I was getting the rejection email. Sometimes I think hitting send is harder than seeing the results. I told the hubs I think the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of literary rejections…
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Sometimes Putting Yourself Out There is Effing Scary
So I did some photos this year, that I haven’t posted on social media. I was really trying to put myself out there and submit to galleries/contests/calls for entry. I honestly think I was almost as terrified as when I first sent queries for my novel as I was submitting just three photos. Sometimes I don’t think I am an artist. It’s in my bio. I may call myself that, but I feel like a major imposter. To me artists are these artsy people who speak in metaphors – and for an author, I really suck at metaphors (or maybe I just think I suck at them. Idk.). Maybe my…
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Create Your Story Challenge with Brook Shaden – Part I
In early December, Brooke Shaden (one of my personal heroes) opened up one her challenges as a pay what you can. I have always wanted to attend one of her classes or challenges, but the funding seems to be always an issue (they can sometimes be a little pricey – but oh so worth it). So this time around I was like YES! And I believe a good portion of the funding went toward a charity she created – so it went toward a good cause too! The challenge started January 1st, but you could do it at your own leisure. I wanted to do the full fourteen days as…
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Hello, it’s been awhile…
So it’s been awhile. I’m sorry about that. But the last half of 2018 was pretty scary for me. Pretty damn scary. This is a personal post, and things are about to get personal, so if you don’t like to read this kinda stuff, then I would probably skip this read. It all started on a late July afternoon. My husband, Cody, was out of town. I was catching up some editing. Had just got my hair done (my fav, blue and purple). I went to bed fairly early, tired from they busy day and work that morning. I awoke in the middle of the night in what I…
