A book double-header!

By Tien Chiu | Published: June 16, 2013

Two major achievements this morning! First, I FINISHED THE BOOK BLOG!!! After nine months of writing three posts a week, I have finished the first draft of my book about the creative process – from generating ideas to reflections on the finished piece. The final post (which follows a section on reflecting on a project) [...]

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Done with the book proposal!

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 30, 2013

Got myself unblocked and finished writing the draft of the book proposal. I’ve sent it out to a couple of writer friends for review (two have already said it looks great), and am waiting for feedback. In the interim, I’ve set the proposal aside for a few days, so I can look at it with [...]

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Hunting the wild book proposal

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 28, 2013

The last two days have been astonishingly productive on the book proposal: I have completed the rough draft of the proposal, including the table of contents, and am working on the first of two sample chapters. I’ve written over three thousand words in the last two days, and while things are still rough, they’re shaping [...]

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Torn from the typewriter

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 19, 2013

A piece of writing is never finished. It is delivered to a deadline, torn out of the typewriter on demand, sent off with a sense of accomplishment and shame and pride and frustration. If only there were a couple more days, time for just another run at it, perhaps then… – Donald Murray, The Maker’s Eye: [...]

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Warping frustration; book update

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 29, 2012

Yesterday I wound the first six inches of the pattern warp.  This morning I threw it away. Intensely frustrating, yes, but not entirely surprising.  I am totally out of practice with putting on warps; I’ve only put on two in the last year!  (Admittedly, one of them was 37 yards of 60/2 silk, and took [...]

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