by shaunnawest | Feb 17, 2022 | Writing, Creative Business/Coaching
Become a Writer I have been waiting my whole life to become a writer. Truly. From the time I was a little girl, writing stories about mermaids on golden lagoon shores, to filling up forty journals in my teenage years. I submitted poetry to magazines (Hey, Seventeen!),...
by shaunnawest | Feb 7, 2022 | Writing, Creative Business/Coaching
Hello everyone! I’m so happy to be back after my holiday break; I’ll share some things I have been working on soon, but in the meantime, here’s what I wrote about my time away from sharing online. Happy to be back with you…say hello in the...
by shaunnawest | Nov 16, 2021 | Writing, Creative Business/Coaching
The Beginning I started my blog on a whim on Christmas Day, 2009. I was surrounded by crumpled wrapping paper and piles of mess and the joy of it all just pulled at me. Write. I’ve written since I was a little girl, but never could have I imagined that this...
by shaunnawest | Oct 25, 2021 | Writing, Creative Business/Coaching
On Taking Risk I wouldn’t say that as a child, I was a big risk taker. I generally followed the rules, or skirted pretty closely around them. I liked to please and I was afraid of most animals, riding my bike too fast, and getting caught in a lie or doing...
by shaunnawest | Oct 14, 2021 | Creative Business/Coaching, Lifestyle/Travel
We have been in the fall swing around here. Kids are back in school, and we’ve hit a couple of fun activities. As you know, my love for heirloom pumpkins (and pumpkins of all kinds, really) runs deep. Like, really deep. I knew we would be traveling this month so...
by shaunnawest | Jul 28, 2021 | Painting, Creative Business/Coaching
If you had asked me 17 years ago after finishing business school, what I would do for a living, I would hardly say this. This being: a writer, an artist, a creative business coach. Among the main jobs, though, is this underlying set of job titles: marketing manager,...