When Every Angle Edges Up
When every angle leads up, you can’t fight it. And your iPhone has a way of showing your eye where to go.
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Jann @ AustinDetails.me
Enter the portal to my world at JannAlexander.com: As publisher of my fiction, nonfiction, photographs, paintings, design, and creative ideas, I find my focus in seeing, exploring and recording life's details—like the two novels I'm writing, or the scenic gumbo that is my Vanishing Austin photography series, and the prints I call Lightscapes. Or writing for my blog on creativity, art + what goes with it, and my travels around my hometown, Austin, Texas and back in time, at AustinDetails.me. Or thinking big picture when I'm creating business communications for marketing at BigPictureWriting.com. Creative collaboration is a key part of my process. And it all comes together on my art + photo + words blog, Pairings :: Art + What Goes With It, at AustinDetails.me, where my art meets tech.
A Mirror Image Made Painterly
How I made a scene turn painterly with brushstrokes of color and light using a wobbly river for a canvas.
How To Frame A Photo For Effect
There’s more than one way to frame a photo.
Creativity Works…When You Work It
If you’re a creative type, you already know this. But who doesn’t need this reminder, every now and then?
Is This Any Way To Have Fun?
Who wouldn’t have fun at Austin’s Big Rock Candy Mountain? Here are the delights that await on the annual Weird Homes Tour.
When The Narrow View Widens Out, It Becomes Universal
Building on our own experiences and emotions creates the truest art we can make.
While We’re On The Subject Of Details…
Your camera must always be ready to take in what your eyes can’t. But since it helps to be ready at the right time, here are three tips.
What To Do When The Details Surround You
If you believe, as I do, that life is lived in the details, your camera must always be ready to take in what you can’t.
A Lesson In Perspective
Some lessons apply equally well to photography and to life.
Your Book Needs An Editor. How Do You Find One?
Doesn’t your book deserve a professional edit? Here’s how I found the right editor(s)—for mine.
Debunked: Top Five Excuses Writers Give For Not Using Scrivener
If you’ll give it a try, Scrivener can easily become your one love for organizing your research and writing.
Murder And Mountains: Two Books, Two Themes, Two Reviews
Two Book Reviews: Murder and mountains mix well in novels by Peter Heller and Joyce Maynard.
In A Wine State Of Mind
On a Friday evening, there’s one ritual that’s worth a thousand words, when pictured.
Get A Sneak Peek: A Habit Of Hiding
Read an excerpt from ‘A Habit Of Hiding,’ and see why it’s been called “tender and engaging.”
15 Ways To Succeed While You’re Hunting Agents
If you’re querying agents or hunting jobs, you’re in it for the long haul. So how to succeed?
