Creativity

Finding Freedom from Your Inner Critic

Posted by Alice Osborn on August 2, 2010 at 9:25 pm

When was the last time you heard this?:

You’re wasting your time writing this garbage
You’re just a dreamer!
Why do you think anybody cares what you have to write?
Nobody in your family ever did this before!
When you fail, you’re going to be a laughing-stock and look at all of the time you wasted!
You failed before and you’ll [...]

Ten Benefits of an Open Mic

Posted by Alice Osborn on June 8, 2010 at 12:13 am

I’ve been a regular open mic reader for over six years and an open mic instigator, known properly as a host, for eighteen months. Organizing open mics takes a lot of work: setting up the venue, marketing the event, organizing the reading schedule, testing the mic, making sure folks don’t go over their time and [...]

I Met Rob Thomas Today

Posted by Alice Osborn on April 15, 2010 at 9:07 pm

Today I met and shook hands with Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 and “Smooth” fame in downtown Raleigh. He was here in Raleigh as part of his radio promotion tour, which in Raleigh was sponsored by G105. I even got it from a good source that “Mockingbird” will be his next single. I was next [...]