Posted on November 26, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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I posted a motivational blurb on the SCBWI Canada East website today, about slogging it through the last days of November’s novel-writing challenge. I have never actually made the NaNoWriMo journey, meaning I’ve never done a start-to-finish draft in the month of November. I’ve… Continue Reading “NaNoWriMo on the Slow Track”
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Category: writing, writing procesTags: books, Canadian writers, children's books, children's novels, creative process, discipline, fear, inspiration, motivation, nanowrimo, novels, orca book publishers, procrastination, revising, walking backward, word count, writers, writing, writing practice
Posted on October 1, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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It’s the first day of Inktober. Illustrators know this. The rest of us might not — but we should, all of us. Because Inktober is awesome. And it’s for everyone. Inktober began in 2009, by artist Jake Parker, as a challenge to improve drawing skills… Continue Reading “Inktober for those afraid to Draw”
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Category: art, illustration, writingTags: creative process, daily practice, discipline, drawing, fear, illustrators, ink, inktober, learn to draw, october, picture books, procrastination, writing
Posted on February 27, 2014
by Catherine Austen
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Life got busy and I missed a week of blogging. That never had any effect before Fearless February, but now I’m many phobias behind. Let’s catch up quickly: 20. Public Spaces can be terrifying because they are full of people and maybe even zombies… Continue Reading “The Missing Phobias (Fearless February Catch-up)”
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Category: fearless february, phobias, writingTags: 28 tricks for a fearless grade 6, chorophobia, fear, fear of colors, fear of dancing, fear of dentists, fear of dolls, fear of going to bed, fear of sharks
Posted on February 19, 2014
by Catherine Austen
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Chronomentrophobia. The fear of clocks. No, I don’t mean the Cold Play song. I mean the thing the mouse ran up. This unusual phobia is not to be confused with Chronophobia, the fear of time (which is much too hard to get your head… Continue Reading “Who’s Afraid of Clocks? (Fearless February Day 19)”
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Posted on February 18, 2014
by Catherine Austen
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Acrophobia. The fear of heights. If you have this common phobia, you don’t want to live here: You don’t want to walk on this street: And just looking at these old construction photos makes you queasy: Acrophobia can hit you at any time in… Continue Reading “Who’s Afraid of Heights? (Fearless February Day 18)”
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