Congrats to Romi and Anthony Celaya, our two winners of Blaine Hogan’s new book “Untitled!” I will be emailing you both soon to figure out the details of getting your book to you. Thanks to everyone who got involved!
Interview with Blaine Hogan
I recently reviewed Blaine Hogan‘s new book, Untitled, and now I am proud to do an Off the Record interview with him. Blaine is a guy that bleeds creativity and that has taken him through being an actor on TV shows like “Prison Break,” to where he now finds himself as the creative director at Willow Creek Community Church.
I will be giving away two free copies of Blaine’s book. Here is how you can win one:
- Leave a comment on this post answering the question: “What is the biggest challenge to your creativity?”
- Retweet my tweet at the end of this post on your Twitter account.
That means that each person could be entered up to 2 times in this drawing. I will pick the winners on Monday.
flummox
This is a continuation of my series of posts on new words that I learn from my reading.
flummox
verb: to bewilder; confound; confuse.
Jeremy’s usage: “The popularity of grown adults who desire to read the Twilight books makes me feel flummoxed.”
I read it in this book: Unclean by Richard Beck
The First Five Pages
I‘ve been working on writing my own eBook for the last few months and so I decided to read Noah Lukeman’s book, The First Five Pages. It reads similar to an English textbook in the sense of proper writing skills. His focus is really on writing your own fictional story. Since that isn’t what I’m writing, much of it didn’t necessarily apply. However, it was beneficial as a reminder of grammar rules and style.
Surprisingly, the most helpful things about the book were the quotes to begin each chapter. I found these tremendously encouraging and they provide a solid foundation for perspective in trying to get published.
Untitled
No, I didn’t write this post without coming up with a title.
This is my review of Blaine Hogan’s book that just came out titled–you guessed it–”Untitled.” Blaine was one of my fellow authors on the Creative Matters eBook and he has just written his own eBook chronicling his journey through all things creative as it has taken him through being an actor on TV shows like “Prison Break,” to where he now finds himself as the creative director at Willow Creek Community Church.
I enjoy reading books about creativity from people who are producing creative things. It’s one of those topics that is easy to pontificate about while never actually doing something yourself. Blaine’s story (an Off the Record with him is coming soon) and his current situation are proof that this is a guy who can follow through on his talk.
Here are some of my favorite ideas in the book, organized by three themes that he tackles well.
Continue Reading…
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