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In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear about a big moment in my creative career and how it challenged me to my limits. You’ll see how I abandoned myself for the sake of others. And what that taught me about our genius.

In this episode:

• How I chose faith over fear
• How I coped with a serious system malfunction
• How fulfilling a creative dream wasn’t what I thought it would be
• Creative Competency – Stay true to yourself

  

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ICON conference

Atelier

Tania Katan’s Creative Trespassing

 

Stumbling Toward Genius is written and produced by Cynthia Morris and Original Impulse. Engineering by Jason Camps of Just Launch Media. Show music by Evan MacDonald.

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Stumbling Toward Genius is written and produced by Cynthia Morris and Original Impulse. Engineering by Jason Camps of Just Launch Media. Show music by Evan MacDonald.

Have you ever had an experience early in life that determined your path? Even if that wasn’t your path, a comment or a person directed you away from an essential part of you. In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear the story of how I reclaimed my artist and why this was so vital to my well-being.

In this episode:

• Why I kept a vital part of me locked away for decades
• How I gave myself permission to let my artist out
• Creative Competency – Being a beginner

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Atelier

Ira Glass talk in a visual format on Zen Pencils

The Artist’s Way

Art of Possibility

Stumbling Toward Genius is written and produced by Cynthia Morris and Original Impulse. Engineering by Jason Camps of Just Launch Media. Show music by Evan MacDonald.

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There comes a fork in the road that happens at least once – probably many times – in a creative project. It’s the moment when it seems like a much better idea to just freaking abandon your project. To just ditch it and all the difficulties and start something new. Something fresh. Something EASY.

To pop back to the beginning of a creative project where everything is all rosy and fun and exciting! To abandon the part where you’re humbled. Where you’re faced with the limitations of your skills, talents and publishability.

In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, I share a moment where I, like many of us, just wanted to find my place. To find a place for my book and for me. And how that didn’t seem likely to happen.

You’ll hear:

• How I coped with rejection after rejection.
• What helps to choose ourselves.
• Creative Competency: Commitment Points – being able to recommit again and again.

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Atelier

Chasing Sylvia Beach

Calling the Shots in Your Medical Care by Beth Gainer

Stumbling Toward Genius is written and produced by Cynthia Morris and Original Impulse. Engineering by Jason Camps of Just Launch Media. Show music by Evan MacDonald.

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Having genius ideas is the easy part of creating, right? It’s in the making where we stumble. If you’re like me, almost right away you bump up against the hows: how do I produce that podcast? How do I design a book? How do I find the right x y or z to bring my bright idea into form?

In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear how I overcame a massive technological mountain to publish my first book. I will share the story of my very first ebook and how it almost didn’t make it to the world. This is for you if you have given up or are considering giving up on something because you can’t get the pixels to line up.

You’ll get the scoop on:

• The perspective shift I had to make to believe I could write a book.
• The crazy hurdles I faced when publishing an ebook in 2003.
• The biggest shift I had to make to make my book real.
• Today’s creative competency: get help!

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Create Your Writer’s Life: A Guide to Writing with Joy and Ease by Cynthia Morris

Denise Dambrackas designed my first web site, business cards and the cover for Create Your Writer’s Life.

Stumbling Toward Genius is written and produced by Cynthia Morris and Original Impulse. Engineering by Jason Camps of Just Launch Media. Show music by Evan MacDonald.

I’d be so grateful for your help with a review of the podcast Stumbling Toward Genius on iTunes.

It’s humbling to commit to a project over the long term. Most projects take more time and effort than we think when we’re going into them. In this episode, I tell the tale of my novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. You’ll hear why it took 12 years to write and what I used to overcome all the fears and insecurities that plagued me along the way.

In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear why it took so dang long to write my novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. I share the secret tool that kept me going when I wanted to give up.

You’ll get the skinny on:

• • Why it took so many drafts
  • How I coped with how hard it was to write a novel.
  • What kept me going even when it would have been easier to give up
  • The creative competency: dedicated persistence! Staying with it even when we don’t want to.

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The five books Cynthia wrote while writing her novel:

Create Your Writer’s Life
Creative Toolkit for Travelers (currently not available)
Leading Tours for Fun and Profit
Cross the Finish Line
The Graceful Return

David Hicks, author, professor and editor
Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris

Stumbling Toward Genius is written and produced by Cynthia Morris and Original Impulse. Engineering by Jason Camps of Just Launch Media. Show music by Evan MacDonald.