People are always watching. Others look to you for proof of whether it is safe to pursue their own dreams or brave the Unknown. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Unprocessed emotions are stuck energy and cloud objectivity and keep you from seeing opportunity. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Is your next opportunity in full alignment with your authentic vision? If the answer is, “no” you are being presented with an opportunity own your worth #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Everyone faces Internal & External Dream Assassins. External Dream Assassins are people or situations you feel impede the fulfillment of your creative potential—really all external assassins are just a reflection of an internal challenge you are still working to overcome.  #empowercreatives

Questions to Ask Agents About Working Together Long-Term. Is this just one book—or a partnership: What do you think about my next idea? #amquerying #writerslife

Everyone faces Internal & External Dream Assassins. Internal is about your mindset and ability to shift perspective. This is where you learn to see problems and situations with fresh perspective and creative solutions. #writerslife #artistlife #creativelife #empowercreatives #indieauthorsupport 

When you need motivation, it’s helpful to keep track of and reflect on good feedback your previously received about your creative work. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When you can’t find motivation, it is always possible to borrow energy from others by reaching out to your support system and cheerleaders. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When you follow through on promises to yourself the more you trust yourself. The more you trust yourself the more you follow your instincts without consulting others. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport 

Action on creative work, no matter how small, is the key to an energy giving way of working. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Working Together Long-Term. Is this just one book—or a partnership: Do you help authors develop their material? #amquerying #writerslife

Putting the vision of your future into tangible form in your main medium of creation holds a lot of symbolic resonance. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

You can rewire your default thinking to accept that growth and safety can occur simultaneously. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When you get clear on what you want your brain begins looking for ways to make it happen. Daydreaming and imagination is the practice realm. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Subconsciously you have already acknowledged you are capable of more, that is the discontent you feel every day. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Money misbeliefs are often inherited and contagious, but if a third-party does not understand what you are making or the way in which you are sending it out to interact with the world, is that the person to be taking money/business advice from? #writerslife #introvertmarketing #creativegrowth 

Questions to Ask Agents About Working Together Long-Term. Is this just one book—or a partnership: Are you interested in repping this project only, or future books too? #amquerying #writerslife

Challenging work enviornment? It's harder for a company to hire and train someone to your level of competence than to try to meet your needs and keep you happy in their current role. Ask for what you want. #writerslife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #indieauthor 

By addressing triggering emotional components of a day job, you will be able to widen their view and see how to move your creative work forward. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

How many free things can you afford (or want) to do per year? Set your max, and practice saying "no" once you've committed. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

It is valid to offer services for no charge at times. Some common reasons are: building positive energetic reserves within your creative community, visibility before your target audience, to gain status and opportunity or a learning experience, etc. #writerslife  #introvertmarketing #creativegrowth 

Charging for creative work is a step toward fully owning worth and power. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters Will you help me promote my book when it comes out? #amquerying #writerslife

Your beliefs about money dictate how much money flows to or from your creative work. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When you see money as a tool to off load energy- draining tasks, or buy more time to create, it becomes empowering to invest in your creative career. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Money is an energy neutral tool. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Your relationship with money can help your see how you face (or avoid) fears and help you identify opportunities to grow in their creative work. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Money is not power. The choices you make in how you deal with money is where power comes into the equation. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters How do you prefer me to communicate with you? #amquerying #writerslife

Owning your worth is the first step to having a financially viable creative career. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Symbolically when you make physical space for your creative work, you are saying creative work is important. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Making time for your body and human needs creates more time for quality creative work. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters How often will I be updated regarding the work you’re doing? #amquerying #writerslife

You can more time for your work by increasing energy (via energy giving work) and focus (via meditation and focus exercises). #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creation is possible when in survival mode, but your ability to discern the quality or value of the work happens only when you have left survival mode and processed your emotions. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth 

You will never be free of survival emotions, but by processing them more quickly you can get more creation time in. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Survival emotions are not conducive to creativity, so you have to learn how to make psychological space in your creative work as well. Sometimes the work is just sitting with your emotions, learning to emotionally regulate, and sifting through external noise. #empowercreatives #creativegrowth

Energy and motivation come after action has started. It is not about finding motivation or energy; it is about invoking the energy by training the body to crave it. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport 

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters Will I be consulted on any and all offers? #amquerying #writerslife

Idealistic expectation verses the reality of your actual creative output causes a lot of mental suffering which can lead to creative paralysis. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Without structure and external accountability most people are not as productive as they think they should be. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creative work is where you build your internal validation muscle. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creative work is the place you learn to self sooth and show up for yourself. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creative work is lets you practice getting to the edge of your comfort zone. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters How many editors do you plan to pitch in the first round of submissions? #amquerying #writerslife

The stronger your ability to feel, decipher, and respond to creative intuition the less other people’s voices and opinions matter. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When it is's just you and the Unknown way forward in a project, that’s where personal growth and real creative work happens. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When you are creatively stuck, it forces you to sit with your emotions and face your perceived inadequacy. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Craft and creative practice are about getting comfortable with not being able to see the clear next step, and instinctively feeling your way toward it. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Authentic creation happens when you don’t know (or can’t envision) what happens next. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections