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Reclaiming creative identity after a loss (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 014)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! I’m a nerd about dates. Birthdays, anniversaries. I generally love acknowledging these annual markers. A recent anniversary has me thinking about creative identity, loss and Ronnie James Dio. Well, if THAT didn’t grab you, maybe this will: Five years ago this month, I experienced the distress of a home robbery. The most painful …

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Writing the perfect MONKEY (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 012)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! Earlier this month, several friends and collaborators gathered to read and hear the latest draft of my upcoming play, YEAR OF THE MONKEY. If you’ve ever put your work-in-progress up for critique, you know it is a singularly excruciating, insecurity-stoking and necessary experience. I clawed my way to that draft and now, armed …

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Feel the real big love coming at you from this gratitude blast

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Throwing big thanks your way today. September 1st will mark the one YEAR anniversary of the Artist Soapbox podcast. It’s coming up! By then, we’ll have released almost 50 podcast episodes and 13 blog posts, conducted two Creative Accountability Groups and two speaking events, and who knows what else we’ll cram in there! I’m excited …

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The importance of physical practice (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 009)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! I have really been enjoying talking to you about clearing space and bringing in nourishment to our lives. I like to think of it as the things we *get* to do for ourselves, rather than the things we *have* to do. Today, let’s dive into another important resource for us creative types (psst: …

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Playwright Mara Thomas beats back Imposter Syndrome (ASBX blog post 001)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! Wow — here we go. My first time guest-blogging for a friend and art-maker and I’m really sweatin’ the intro. Do I need to establish credibility? How self-depricating is too self-depricating? Do I completely negate myself right off the bat and hope you’ll stick with it? If you’re anything like me, self-applying the …

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