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3 Strategies (and lots of supplies) for drawing through INKTOBER
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Why I'm feeling "doubly blessed"
Yes I'm quoting Meatloaf...
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Annie Dillard's Writing Life vs. Mine
It’s as romantic to read now as it was years ago. But now I have decades of experience behind me as a writer, and all I can think about are the things…
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Kelcey Ervick
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What is the artist's superpower?
A couple of weeks ago, I held our ailing cat in my arms as a vet injected two drugs into an IV in his paw: one to relax him and the other to stop his…
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What is the job of the artist?
Dear Reader, I love being on faculty at writers’ conferences because it means I can also be a student. A few weeks ago, I was part of the faculty at the…
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Write--or edit!--the book you want to read
In 2017, I was a writer who felt like I had tricked a few editors into publishing my text+image experiments and collages. I kept waiting for someone to…
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Where I Write and Draw
(a room of my own!)
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The second-most transformative thing I've ever done for my writing
I now think it is the second-most transformative thing I’ve ever done for my writing and storytelling. It’s almost easy to forget about because the…
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The Habit of Art
The Habit of Art
An illustrated newsletter by Kelcey Ervick about writing, drawing, and storytelling as radical acts (that look a lot like sitting at a desk).

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