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

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their pitch matters: Will you stop submitting my work after a certain time or number of rejections? #amquerying #writerslife

Creativity helps you build faith in yourself, by showing you you will figure any problem out regardless of how limited the information or impossible the situation appears. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport 

Creativity is about harnessing your ability to figure out what you will do in the moment, with the tools immediately available to you. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Trust your innate hard wiring, build your discernment muscle, and practice being brave as you forge a new path that is best for your creative brain. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Follow your creative intuition to the unique solution of new and better ways for your creative brain. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

By accepting creatives are wired differently it empowers us to run our businesses and lives differently than what has been pushed through mainstream channels. #writerslife #artistlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters How do you handle submissions (multiple or single)? #amquerying #writerslife

You have a creative superpower, which may have felt like a curse in the past, but you can learn how to wield it and eventually celebrate it. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

You are creative and possibly neuro divergent. You can see, feel, hear, and connect things others cannot. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Your brain is not broken. You are not lazy.  #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

If you grew up being told the way your brain works was faulty and were conditioned to believe you were lazy because you couldn’t complete things the way other kids did, it’s society that is/was broken—not you. 

Many creatives have deeply internalized the misbelief that something is wrong with us because we can’t sustain the socially accepted ways of “appropriate” and celebrated behaviors. #writerslife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters. Start here: Which publishing houses do you think would be a good fit for my book? #amquerying #writerslife

Non-creatives view “doing nothing” as being non-productive; we know “doing nothing” is processing time for an idea, and that giving an idea space to germinate is just as important as the time we spend physically creating. #writerslife #artistlife #creativelife #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

Neuro-typical brains love to celebrate our creations, but they don’t understand a creative brain’s needs. They try to force us into methodologies and routines that make sense to them, but so much of what we do as part of our creative process will never make sense to them. #writerslife #creativelife 

The very traits society can vilify creatives for, are the same traits that make us creative geniuses. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creativity is a key strength of Introverts, HSPs, and people diagnosed with ADHD. All three of these groups face stigma around their biological and emotional needs. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport 

Questions to Ask Agents About Selling Your Book. Their process matters: How would you pitch the book to editors? #amquerying #writerslife

Creatives route more energy to the creative processing centers of our brain. This also means we have less energy for things lauded in neuro-typical businesses and lives. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

Creatives feel to a greater depth, observe with a keener eye, and make connections in ways most people can’t fathom. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creative brains process information at a deeper level, faster rates of speed, and with an intensity of feeling most neuro-typical people cannot understand. #writerslife #artistlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

If you want to create the things no one else can, you can’t be wired like everybody else. And creative brains are not wired like neuro-typical brains. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

It's time to lean into the Unknown, embrace the adventures a creative life demands and to let go of preconceived notions about your limitations, timelines, and potential. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: Do you have the time to mark up my material, so I can see exactly what you're talking about? #amquerying #writerslife

It's time to double down on your creative instincts and take control of your creative career. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creatives often think others hold the answer to the “right way forward” for their creative career and willingly offload their creative power to others. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

It's normal to have moments of paralysis due to information overload and an inability to discern the best path forward for yourself. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

It's normal to feel overwhelm at the thought of all you want to accomplish and all you have been told you "should" do. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Are you standing at the cusp of the creative life they’ve always wanted, but scared to continue forward? Conditioned misbeliefs may be holding you back, keeping you in starving artist mode. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: Is there anything else I need to do to make my material ready to sell? #amquerying #writerslife

Learning to follow creative energy is all about joining hands with your inner power and letting go of the fears that have been holding you back. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

What if you stopped doubting yourself and started listening to what your creative instincts are telling you? #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

You have already felt creative energy at work in your life. Instinctually you know the creative spark, you have battled the unrelenting need to give your art form, and may dream of building a life that allows you to share your work with the public on a large scale. #empowercreatives

Creatives are all individuals with a high rate of idea-phoria who feel compelled to act on their creative instinct and share their work with the world. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When the people in your support system succeed, you know you are in alignment with the right people. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: Is there anything that you feel should be added? #amquerying #writerslife

Acting alone allows you to fully step into yourr power. As a result, you find confidence. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

It takes time to find and fully step into your authentic creative career, because you have to shed the roles you played for other people’s benefit. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Your authentic creative career-path will not be like anyone else's. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Both support and criticism are markers of success. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

When you operate from the power of true authenticity you become a magnet—attracting some people and experiences while repelling others. When you have raving fans and vehement critics, it is an indicator you've presented something truly authentic #empowercreatives #indieauthorsupport 

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: Are there specific sections that you feel need strengthening? #amquerying #writerslife

It is your responsibility to understand what is going on with your business; it is your business partner’s (agent, manager, accountant, etc.) job to simplify, demystify, and explain their area of expertise. #writerslife #creativelife #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport 

You make the most impact by creating. Business partners i.e. agents, accountants, managers, etc. help you spend more time in creation mode and handle the details of peripheral aspects of your creative business. #writerslife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth 

We can never be objective about our own work. Your job is to create. It is your trusted support system’s responsibility to tell you there is something worth exploring when your feelings have highjacked your objectivity. #writerslife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth

Let go of value and judgment labels by accepting bad is not truly bad, it just a different vantage point to your creative work. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections