Time and Light Switches

Two weeks ago I wrote about my process with writing my book and this week I’d like to continue to tell you about it.  I have finally found my grove, gotten into the swing of the pacing really well and will most likely have this draft of the book done in the next two weeks; if I don’t get stumped. I find it so exciting to almost be done this draft. As I said last time this draft isn’t really a first draft, I didn’t really “write” per say, more so just wrote the plot all down from start to finish. Which so far has worked out perfectly for how my brain works in all its quirks.  Sometimes I can fall into the trap of comparing and then I get discouraged, because of how long its taking me to write this book. I don’t always like going slow, sometimes I get super impatient and instead of actually writing I just sit there and sulk, which does not help with the slowness. But as I said I finally found my grove, and do you know why it changed? I had compassion and permission.  I had compassion for

Nowadays it is the norm to go to collage or university even when you don’t know what you want to do. It’s preached go to school and figure it out while you’re there. It’s taught that your job is your life and it is all you really ought to try to achieve. Even as young as 14 this didn't sit right with me, I always dodged the questions. What do you want to be, what school do you want to go to, what would you like to do with your life. Because I learned from a young age that artist wasn’t the answer that they were looking for.   I learned to fly under the radar because I knew my dream would be easily crushed, but I am stubborn. So I did my best in school and then I made my great escape. Now almost five years later I am about 3 steps away from achieving what I set out to do.  I have about three things felt to do and then I will not just be an artist who makes things frequently, I will be one who sells these things too. I have an 8 painting series ready to be sold, and that is only

For those of you who missed it, I am currently in the slow process of writing a book. It’s not anything like what I write here on the blog, its much more fantastical. I have always loved stories, even from a young age, and I’ve been devouring books since I was 12. So when I really think about it it’s not all that surprising that I would try my hand at writing my own story.   Since I am still a ways away from publishing I won’t really be sharing any plot points or even a synopsis of the story yet. Simply because it could still change a great deal between here and there. But I would love to tell you about my process.  I had the initial idea for this story back when I was probably 16 years old and it’s come a long way since then. I wrote about 4 failed first attempts at a first draft over the years. I think it was two years ago when I sat down and started writing an outline full of world-building points and some small character ideas. And it was last year when I got to work on really

Ready or not this new year has already begun. So here is my plan for the year and what you can expect to see here on Time and Light Switches. In the way of painting: Last year I finished my first official series of paintings, now I’ve got to sell them. I have a new series that I have the inspiration and sketching done and ready to go for. So for 2023 you will hear about my work of this second series and the trials and tribulations of that whole process.  In the way of writing: All last year I was working on writing a book. Cats out of the bag. I was very slow going and probably will still be slow moving forward. This year I will finally really break into the first draft. So this year I will talking about that writing process a lot more here on the blog. Next week I will give a first real look at my process for my book writing.  So things to look forward to here on the blog, discussing my journey through this upcoming series of paintings, semi regular updates on my book writing,