That Pesky Well of Creativity

I’m not sure where creativity comes from.  And honestly, I can’t define it either.  I can’t draw you a picture or show you a photograph.  But even so, I’ve discovered recently that creativity actually exists as a concrete, substanitive thing. A thing with proportions and weight and mass.  I know this because for a while I had it, and I felt it — and then I ran out.

And this isn’t the first time.

It makes me think of that cliche — “the well of creativity.”  And cliche’s are rooted in some truth which is why I’m pretty sure I’m not completely insane when I say I have a Well of Creativity inside myself.  This is a really cool thing.  Until I discovered one thing.

NYC Book Tour, BEA, and Tater Tots with the Class of 2k11

The timing couldn’t have been better…or worse.  I left Phoenix, Arizona and headed to New York on May 22nd.  My debut teen book, OyMG, officially released May 10th, just two weeks earlier.  Life was insane.  My book hadn’t been out long enough to have a readership, and although my trip coincided with BEA week, my publisher, Walker Books, wouldn’t be featuring OyMG because they generally use BEA to promote fall releases.  But I had one thing going for me.

The Class of 2k11.