Book Report 03

Project Description

Big Juicy Hardcover Coffee Table Book filled with nuggets of insights and laughs. 

Estimated Date Of Completion

Possibly ready to print by September 2017

Today’s Date

Monday February 27, 2017

Progress

Last week’s plan was to go through everything I’ve written and decide what I’ll use. I completed about half of it because there was so much to go through! Also I was kind of not very productive for 3 days, but even if I was, I’m not sure I could’ve … I’ll stop myself now, I could’ve done it all, but I didn’t. Okay, letting that go.

Plan For This Week

Since I’m preparing for the One of Kind Show, I’m going to focus this week on craft shows. The good, the bad, the preparations, the costs, the toll it takes on my energy and my family. The thrill of the show, the hope for big profits, the let down when it’s not profitable. The products I’ve gone to market with. What’s worked, what hasn’t.

I’m also giving a talk about selling wholesale later this month at Maker Conference – A conference for Canadian artisans, artists and designers, so this is a great opportunity to get my thoughts and stories together for that.

Book Report 01

Project Description

Big Juicy Hardcover Coffee Table Book filled with nuggets of insights and laughs. Estimated time of completion: unknown.

Today’s Date

Monday February 13, 2017

Progress

I’m taking a writing class which has been very helpful in keeping me on track. So far, I’ve fleshed out an introduction, a story about the moment I decided I was an artist, and an account of the time I lost my mind while cyber stalking a woman who dared comment about one of my cartoons in a not so nice manner.

Plan For This Week

Last week I spoke with a professional storyteller who offered fantastic advice for making two stories better. So I’m going to rework them and read it at my writing class. This writing class is unlike any class I’ve ever taken. Instead of critical feedback, the feedback is focused on what’s good about our work. I’m not accustomed to this at all, and am struggling with believing that positive feedback is just as valid and useful as negative feedback. In fact, I’m considering experimenting with eliminating expressed negative feedback from my life. In fact, I’m going to do that this week as an experiment to see if my life improves or if holding back the negative causes me to combust. Either way, the world will be no worse off if I hold back my criticism for one week. Or will I confirm that my meddling is the very thing that keeps the world spinning round? Certainly I seem to think so. Shit, that was a criticism of myself. Okay, the criticism break starts … now!