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

What you tell yourself can suck all the energy out of a project. It is important for them to remember doubts and feelings are not truth. Truth lies in the center of extremes. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: What problems did you see? #amquerying #writerslife

The nature of creation is ups and downs, swinging from I’m brilliant to This is garbage. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Beware of the words “need” and “should” as they are often red flags of inherited expectations or beliefs. They serve as a reminder to check in with your intuitive guidance and the authentic resonance to you and your vision. #writerslife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth

If a person feels like they know what they’re doing they’re repeating, not creating. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creative’s who are fiercely protective of their creative time and look at the creative work as the energetic center of their business are vigilant with their boundaries. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

Learning to say “no” and establishing clear boundaries with others is paramount to finding balance. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: What did you find particularly strong? #amquerying #writerslife

Creative work gives energy, but there are aspects that are draining. By outsourcing energy draining work, you reserve your energy for your truly impactful work--creating. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

When it comes to running a creative business, creatives who ground and center their business in the act of creation can sustain long term careers. However, when it comes to life it is important to ground in humanity and recognize your creative work is a support tool. #creativelife #empowercreatives 

You become a creative business owner as soon as you make your first sale. Creatives often fear the power that comes with title of business owner and are hesitant to claim the power. #writerslife #artistlife #creativelife #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Multiple mediums support one another and allow room your brain to explore in new ways. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Relationships teach you how to monitor your energy over time and when to gracefully distance yourself from the wrong person. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: What specifically stood out in it? #amquerying #writerslife

Positive relationships reenergize, motivate, and excite you. Energy draining relationships, are equally important, because they allow you to see how precious your time, skill and energy actually are #writerslife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #creativeconnections

Creative community is the place you practice setting boundaries around your creative time. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

It is extremely difficult to recognize your innate skillset, but everyone has something that comes to them innately. You can trade that skill for mentorship, opportunity and more #writerslife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

An apprentice energetically lends excitement and a fresh perspective to the mentor. The mentor provides guidance and experience to the apprentice. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

You have value not because of your experience, but because of your existence. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Questions to Ask Agents About Your MS. Before you sign, get their take: What specifically did you like about my material? #amquerying #writerslife

You becomes a member of the creative community as soon as you admit you want to share your work publicly. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

It is your job to bring the work to form and release it into the place it is most likely to connect with the people who need it. #writerslife #artistlife #musicianlife #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport #creativeconnections

Creative Stewardship is the phase where creative energy resides and moves through a person—temporarily. That energy evolves through the chosen individual and is molded by their perception and experience. #writerslife #creativelife #empowercreatives #creativegrowth #indieauthorsupport 

No act of creation is ever truly done. Individuals are entrusted with the transmutation of creative energy into a 3D form. After the individual’s 3D work is complete, the inherent energy continues to impact others and influence the world #writer #creativelife #introvertmarketing #empowercreatives 

Common internal dream assassins include: fear of power, fear of success, fear of moving beyond family/friends/expected status, judgement, other people’s expectations, an unwillingness to admit what you really want, unwillingness to acknowledge your full power, and the choice to stay in victimhood. 

Questions for Prospective Agents. Before you sign, do the research. Start here: How many new/debut authors do you take at a time? #amquerying #writerslife

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

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 

Questions for Prospective Agents. Before you sign, do the research. Start here: Are you known for selling a particular kind of book? #amquerying #writerslife

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

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

Questions for Prospective Agents. Before you sign, do the research. Start here: Have you negotiated terms with all the major publishing houses?#amquerying #writerslife

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