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How to Go to College for Free: The Best Open Classes for Writers (Fall 2014)
cleverhelp: Massively Open Online Courses are the new vogue way to take control of your education and your career, and it’s the best thing. Higher education should be a right, but many of us can’t afford or can’t even access modern college courses. Anyone with conviction and a few extra… How to Go to College…
When your best friends are your worst enemies…
Hey folks… I had a delicate situation the other day. Those of you who follow me on Goodreads are probably aware that I reached out to other indie authors: I’ll do you, if you do me… I proposed a book and review trade… But what do you do if you receive a book so awful…
Indie Tag… You’re It.
Hey folks, I just met a fellow Indie, LE Fitzpatrick from Wales, on Goodreads ! These are exciting times. Being older, I remember a world much larger and daunting than the we have now. You were lucky to connect with people in the next state. But now just a click or tap or swipe takes you…
Mathews Tattoo from The Science of Loving
Hey everyone… I’ve had a lot of inquiries regarding Mat’s (the male protagonist in my romance novel, The Science of Loving) tattoo, so above is the line drawing I created for the cover. I’m hunting through my files to see if I can find the color version, but I think I may have flattened it…
Getting caught dangling, splitting and splicing.
It’s been a long week folks. One of the drawbacks to being a debut indie author is poverty, which means no copy-editor… So I had to pull my book after getting caught with my participles dangling in public (Talk about embarrassing.) Now that I’ve spent the week whipping those puppies into submission. We’ll try this…
When to let go…
I wish I could say I have this time management thing down. That I could give you good advice on how to find time to create as well as do all the other things we need to do as an artist to be productive… but I can’t. Paint faster? Speed painting isn’t something I have…
Painting like the old masters.
I originally wrote this tutorial and published it on Instructables.com as well as Wetcanvas.com…. Now I have my own website where I can organize all my efforts to share something I love to do. Enjoy
Drawing tips
People often ask me what the secret is to drawing better. Andwhile saying to practice is the obvious and best advice, you also need to retrain your brain in how it sees things. You look at objects differently when you are drawing. Pay attention to the way light plays across objects’ surfaces. How does it…
Appalachian Mountain Talk
Appalachian Mountain Talk Even though I go back to visit in Hendersonville every time I’m back east, I still researched the area my current project is set in. It’s easy to take for granted the things we say and do just because they’re familiar; because every one around us says and does it the same…
Candace Vianna Writes 