Happy New Year!!!

Where did 2009 go? Seems like I was sucked into a holiday whirlwind right before Halloween, and am only just now emerging, battered and broken but triumphant. I have survived another holiday season! Days are getting longer, and I'm grateful for the snow-and-sunshine perfect Durango weather. I can't believe it's been so long since my last post...
Or maybe I can. It's been a wild winter so far. In September, we moved into a lovely little house. In October, I participated in the Ferocious Feelings art show. In November, I lost my job -and we moved again. I also found a new and better job, wrote 95,000+ words of a novel, and participated in National Novel Writing Month. We hosted a roll-your-own sushi party for Thanksgiving- our first party in the new house. It was a lot of fun, and we'll be doing it again soon! In December I finished my Nano Novel just a few days before Christmas-yay!- and started work on a new story I'd put aside during nanomadness. I disappeared into a word-vortex, and am only now stepping back into real time. It's good to be home! More updates soon... for now, I'm heading back to my studio for a little writing session.
Happy New Year!

Hello All. I will be participating in this gallery show, and bringing four of my unique handmade creative journals to display. I am also planning to do some improv writing for guests and patrons; red hot poetry and flash fiction, random scribblings and more! Hope to see you there!

Lushly, creatively yours,

-Molly Childers

Rita Farin Interview Online at Creativity Portal!

I recently interviewed Rita Farin, a mighty Creativity Goddess who's studied and travelled the world in pursuit of her creative dreams. The article was published online recently at Creativity Portal, a Writer's Digest Best Website. Visit the link at...
http://www.creativity-portal.com/bc/molly.childers/interviews/rita-farin.html

For a complete listing of my online offerings at Creativity Portal, please click here...


http://www.creativity-portal.com/bc/molly.childers

Thanks for tuning in. More creative marvels and wonders soon to come...

Controlled Chaos...

We are moving at the end of this month. Things may be a bit hectic (or maybe just completely insane) for the next couple of weeks. We found a beautiful little house in Durango- my days as a commuter will soon be in the past! I'm soon to be close enough to downtown to walk to my job, the library, by favorite bookstore, and the best coffeeshop in town...what more could I ask?
If I'm not posting much for the next couple of weeks, you will know why. Say a prayer to the goddess of chaos for me during this transition!

On the Move!

-Molly

Addictive Fiction!

This morning I'm sharing some fabulous news. I have been working on a new fiction blog to help me share my juicy stories with the world. Yesterday, I created a template and put it online! I'll be working to build content in the weeks to come, and intend for this blog to be a resource for writers, as well as a forum for my fiction. What's in the works? Lists of my favorite authors, books on writing, and resources; writing contests and challenges; links to other writing sites and blogs; story starters and writing prompts, photos that tell a story; tools for your writing tool-box, and more! Check it out at...

http://www.addictivefiction.blogspot.com

Happy writing!!!
-Molly

A New Vision

This is a new season for me creatively. I am creating a new vision for this blog and exploding with creative juiciness! Some of my exciting new projects include...

1. New watercolor painting: Mermaid Sighting #173
2. The Hitch-Hiker: An Unlikely Love Story. This is my new novel, which originally began life as a short story. I finished it at the beginning of the summer and look forward to sharing it on my upcoming fiction blog.
3. The True-Life Confession of Ana Isabel Torres...This is another novel I've been working on this summer. A smart, sexy, twenty-first century take on Nabokov's classic, Lolita. It's still in the works, but I'll be sharing excerpts on my new fiction blog soon!
4. Launching a new fiction blog this summer, with excerpts from Stealing Plums, The Raven Queen, The Hitch-Hiker, The True-Life Confession of Ana Isabel Torres, and other works. Stay tuned here for more news and updates on this exciting project!
5. Taking this blog in a new direction with fabulous photos to inspire and delight you, brand-new artwork and art-in-progress photos, and musings on creativity, nature, and feeding the wild soul.
6. Thrilling news! I will be transitioning to a four-day work-week, and reserving Mondays solely for writing, creative work, and business-building activities like professional meetings and writing dates. Yay! My goal is to transition into a full-time writer, artist, and creativity consultant. I'll be sharing my successes, challenges, stumbling blocks and lessons along the way, as I chase my dreams and dance with the Muses.

Lushly Creatively Yours,

Molly

New Interview with Jeff Scarterfield now online!

Hello readers! My new interview for the Creativity Portal Exclusive Series, "Creating a Fun, Fabulous Career in the Arts" is now online at...
http://www.creativity-portal.com/bc/molly.childers/interviews/jeff-scarterfield.html
Jeff is a cartoonist and art instructor who likes to rock out to Led Zeppelin in the studio. He's also a martial arts devotee who had some interesting words to relate about the similarities between martial arts and visual arts, especially drawing. Check out our fun, fabulous interview today!

-Molly