Magical Musing: Imaginative Essays and Articles on Creativity

By Kilmeny Reade

A series of short essays on what it means to be creative.

Forgive this uncreative description. I'm still working on it.

After all, sometimes creativity is definitely a work in progress. In fact, that's kind of the theme of this book.

It doesn't have to be perfect.

Just do it.

Have fun.

Enjoy yourself!

Better to be messy but have something to work with, than to have a perfect idea in your head and nothing to show for it on the outside!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kilmeny Reade
• Release date: Jun 29, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386910763

Kilmeny Reade

KILMENY READE is an artist and a writer from the Ozark Mountains. She loves books, nature, family, chocolate, and unicorns (especially all together). Her main goal in life is to spend more time with her family, getting out in the woods as much as possible, and tell as many stories and create as much art as she can. You can find out more about her at www.kilmenyreade.wordpress.com

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Magical Musings: Imaginative Essays and Articles on Creativity

By

Kilmeny Reade

In Which I Awkwardly Introduce Myself

Because personally I've never been able to resist a book chapter that begins with the words In Which...

Okay.

The truth is that deep down...

...I’m always afraid that what I'm saying doesn't matter to anyone, or that someone will hate it, or be bored to tears. Horror of horrors, what if I make a fool of myself!

And so I won’t dance in public.

I cringe at singing in front of an audience.

I take forever to post artwork online.

And I have YEARS of unfinished, half done stories littering my computer, instead of shining proudly in the ebook stores.

That’s why I say enough!

Enough with fear, enough with pride. I will start over, I will make things new.

And I’m starting with this collection of creative essays, all based off of old blog posts written, once upon a time, under a different pen name.

(Hey, sometimes we need a wee bit of secrecy to find our bravery. Plus lets be honest—writing under a pen name is exciting. It’s like being a spy. An undercover agent with words!).

So hello world. I am Kilmeny Reade. I’m a writer, an artist, a home-schooled hillbilly, a happy wife and homemaker, a lover of Jesus, a fantasy novel addict, a history nut and a thousand other things. I’m proud to be who I am, and I will shine my light for the world to see. And if my words help you to shine just a little brighter, than my mission has been accomplished!

One more quick note, before we dive into the blog posts: I’m a Christian, so yes, there will be references to my beliefs here, including one or two chapters that specifically focus on how my beliefs and creativity interact with each other. This is not an apology—I’m proud of my beliefs. But you’ve been warned! I don’t intend to preach or beat anyone over the head with my message.  I hope that, no matter your beliefs, my words will inspire and help you. I only want to share the love! May truth be found in my writing.

Blessings everyone. Enjoy the book!

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