TZS Blog Tour

Quinn McDonald is a certified creativity coach. She designs and leads training programs on writing, giving presentations, and holding productive meetings. She is also a writer, speaker and artist. Her work has been published in Somerset Studio Magazine; The Crafts Report; Crafts Business Magazine; Sunshine Artist; Cloth, Paper, Scissors; Bead & Button, BeadWork, and American…

Catherine is a poet, family historian and occasional quiltmaker who blogs about these topics in words and images, along with anything else that takes her fancy. Catherine and Eric chat about mindfulness techniques for finding a creative focus – in particular for those whose energies are necessarily spread in several directions (day job, family, and…

Jan Allsopp joins the blogtour form New South Wales Australia. Jan is a visual artist with 20 years experience working in the mediums of painting, drawing and sculpture. About a year ago, Jan decided to turn her hand to sketching and journaling her travels and her everyday life. She was surprised at how challenging it…

Martha Garvey discusses responsible pet ownership with Eric in a sweet and human interview. Isnt’ it curious how it is our pets that bring out our most lovable human qualities?

Judith Nasse and Eric focus on the creative process of writing children’s books. How do you maintain daily creativity and a positive outlook in the face of the long process, rejections, the inevitable doubts, and the plethora of conflicting attitudes from society and the publishing world? Also, Ten Zen Second techniques for children.

Dani Greer is Queen of Squidoo and an inspiration to me on foraying into techical areas at any age. I met Dani through Women Writing the West. Her lens on Writing Prompts is attractive and useful. Today she hosts Eric Maisel on his blogtour there.

Donna Druchunas of Sheep to Shawl talks with Eric Maisel about the Zen of Knitting. I met Donna through Women Writing the West. It was curious to me that several of us, unknown to the others, had joined Eric’s blogtour.

Melanie Slarz of Dose of Creativity chats with Eric Maisel on using Ten Zen Second techniques to reduce anxiety during the creative process. There’s a section in the interview where Eric says, “potential is just potential” that I found particularly interesting.

Doug Eby hosts Eric Maisel today on Developing Talent. Eric and Doug chat about: –how anxiety, depression and other mental health issues affect the growth and expression of creative talents; –how Ten Zen Second techniques can be helpful for dealing with these issues. They also look at how mindfulness has been useful for enhancing access…