by Jennifer Phillips | Aug 31, 2021 | Creativity, News Updates |
Creativity Practice: Use Seven Ways to Get Unstuck One of my favorite ways to try busting through roadblocks is to generate at least seven alternatives (bonus points for even more ideas). The reason for 7+ ideas is that the first few typically are the usual... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Jun 25, 2021 | Creativity |
An Update on Time Savings In a recent post, I ask what you’d do with more time, shared some ways to swap time wasters with activities that really matter and shared a bit about my own quest as an improvement geek by day applying this to my own life. I’m... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Apr 15, 2021 | Creativity |
How Would You Use More Time? What would you do you with an extra 5 minutes a day? Maybe you have an immediate answer. Maybe it seems like a pittance and why bother. But how about when that adds up to 30 hours a year? Or let’s go wild and save 30 minutes a day, or 3... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Mar 15, 2021 | Creativity |
Check Out These Writing Prompts I’m always looking for ways to juice up my creativity. If this describes you, here’s a blog post from the Storyteller Academy with six prompts to overcome writers’ block. I actually use techniques like these in my day job as a... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Jan 31, 2021 | Creativity |
The Creative Process of Book Covers I’m a hybrid author – both traditionally and self-published. For me, one of the most enjoyable aspects of self-publishing has turned out to be the involvement level in creating the book cover. Here’s a bit... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Dec 31, 2020 | Creativity |
The Beauty of Imagination As we sprint-scramble-crawl-drag-gasp toward the end of 2020, I want (need) to remember there are so many examples of positive imagination at play in the world. When I’m feeling low or exhausted, looking at beautiful art or innovative...