The Artists Guide to Social Media Part 4

In this series, I look at easy pitfalls to fall into when using social media as an artist to promote one's work. Click here to read the first installment. Tip #4: Beware Becoming a Workaholic Earlier in this series, I talked about how creating a social media following means you have to regularly produce material. …

Frog’s Rainy-Day Story and Other Fables by Michael and Sarah Dowling

If you have children (or enjoy reading a good children's book yourself once in a while), I recommend looking at this one: https://eclalibraries.org/2020/01/31/frogs-rainy-day-story-and-other-fables-2/ The illustrations are excellent, and the stories manage to communicate Christian ideas while still being good stories.

The Artists Guide to Social Media Part 3

In this series, I look at easy pitfalls to fall into when using social media as an artist to promote one's work. Click here to read the first installment. Tip #3: Beware Becoming Topical One of the greatest tricks to expanding your digital footprint, making more people notice you and therefore gain more followers/readers/what-have-you, is …

5 Tips for Starting a New Critique Group

I've been fortunate enough to be in several writers' critique groups over the years. These discussions taught me plenty about what I was naturally good at, what I needed help with, and what it took to improve both areas. However, being in multiple writers' groups means that I've also seen plenty of ways you can …

Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson

I've done a variety of freelance writing things over the years, particularly book review work. I've reviewed many different kinds of books, particularly theology and Christian living books. Sometimes they relate to my interests in how faith and art connect, so I figured I should start sharing them. Here's my recent review of Andrew Peterson's …

The Artists Guide to Social Media Part 2

In this series, I look at easy pitfalls to fall into when using social media as an artist to promote one's work. Click here to read the first installment. Tip # 2: Beware Being Inauthentic Recently, I was at an office building covering an event for a local newspaper. Several administrators and county officials were …

The Artists Guide to Social Media Part 1

I'm going to talk about something a little unusual. Generally when I write about art and faith I focus on the creation process for art - how to make art well, the philosophical views that make it possible to produce good work, and so forth. For this next blog series, I'm going to talk some …