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Facing a Blank Page
It’s Day 3 of The Blank Canvas Blog Hop! Sign up for my newsletter (in the form on the right) and leave a comment below. One lucky individual will receive a signed copy of an anthology, winner’s choice, containing my award-winning … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, My Life
Tagged 50th Birthday, Art, Creativity, Cynthia Patton, Letting Go, Memoir, Story, The Blank Canvas Blog Hop, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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The Blank Canvas Blog Hop
I’m excited to share that I’ve been asked to participate in The Blank Canvas Blog Hop. Two weeks of juicy creativity, free giveaways, and goodies! The blog hop starts on Monday, September 8, 2014. Fifteen amazingly creative individuals will discuss … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, My Life, News
Tagged Art, Creativity, Cynthia Patton, Dariana Cruz, Effy Wild, Grace Howes, Jan Blount, Jennyann Carthern, Karen Freidland, Kiala Givehand, Lezette Markham, Martin Arkenstone, Memoir, Nicole Piar, Susan Miller, The Blank Canvas Blog Hop, Tori Deaux, Virginia Simpson-Magruder, Writing Life
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Cynthia’s Yearlong 50th Birthday Bash–August Update
As I described back in April (you can read the post here), I’m celebrating my 50th birthday with a year of activities, challenges, and FUN designed to honor this milestone. I’m calling it Cynthia’s Yearlong 50th Birthday Bash, and so … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged 50th Birthday, Birthdays, Memoir, New Things, Single Parent, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods)
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have magician and illusionist Marco Tempest, who blends cutting-edge technology with the flair and showmanship of Houdini. Through his art, Tempest creates a highly entertaining way to be entranced by the reality-bending tech magic … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Tuesdays with TED
Tagged Art, Creativity, Deception, Illusion, iPod, Lies, Magic, Marco Tempest, Memoir, Truth, Writing Life
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Success, Failure, and the Drive to Keep Creating
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, as well as five other books and countless publications as a longtime magazine writer — covering music and politics for Spin and GQ. Gilbert also owns and … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Other Writers, Tuesdays with TED
Tagged Creativity, Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Failure, Fear, Love, Memoir, Passion, Writing Life
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The Web’s Secret Stories
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching Brooklyn-based artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris who works to make sense of the emotional world of the web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the internet … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Other Writers, Tuesdays with TED
Tagged Art, Creativity, Jonathan Harris, Memoir, Story, Truth, We Feel Fine, Writing Life
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Celebrating Life on the Spectrum
Back when I inherited Storied Nights: An Evening of Spoken Word in late May 2013, I might have had no clue what I was going to do for programming in the short-term, but I knew I wanted to do an … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life, Other Writers
Tagged Autism, Creativity, Memoir, Parenting, Poetry, Storied Nights, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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It’s My Birthday and I’m Not Crying
I have been a very, very bad blogger. After a year and a half of nonstop blogging, somehow, without meaning to, I stopped writing. And in the blink of an eye, one week turned into two months. I’m not quite … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged 50th Birthday, Acceptance, Birthdays, Memoir, Milestones, Unplanned Life
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The Web As Art
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching Brooklyn-based artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris who collects stories: his own, strangers’, and stories collected from the internet, including his amazing project, We Feel Fine, which works to make sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Creativity, Jonathan Harris, Memoir, Story, We Feel Fine, Writing Life
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Happiness in Body and Soul
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we are watching writer and activist Eve Ensler who shares how a discussion about menopause with her friends led to talking about all sorts of sexual acts onstage, waging a global campaign to … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Eve Ensler, Happiness, Memoir, Shame, The Vagina Monologues, Truth, V-Day, Writing Life
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