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What do we do with our ideas? @dianaruzova.bsky.social on collecting, classifying, clarifying, chasing at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/f... #writinglife #writingcommunity #creativity #authorlife
Capturing, Collecting, Collating, and Making Them Work: Prompts on How To Organize Your Free-Floating Ideas
By Diana Ruzova Ideas can feel nebulous. Free floating blobs of memory, quotes, colors, past experiences, and overheard conversations. Ideas can spark through the senses. The grating wail of a dyin…
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January 27, 2026 at 7:52 AM
What do we do with our ideas? @dianaruzova.bsky.social on collecting, classifying, clarifying, chasing at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/f... #writinglife #writingcommunity #creativity #authorlife
wrote about how to organize ideas for Brevity Blog brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/f...
Capturing, Collecting, Collating, and Making Them Work: Prompts on How To Organize Your Free-Floating Ideas
By Diana Ruzova Ideas can feel nebulous. Free floating blobs of memory, quotes, colors, past experiences, and overheard conversations. Ideas can spark through the senses. The grating wail of a dyin…
brevity.wordpress.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
wrote about how to organize ideas for Brevity Blog brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/f...
Check out my conversation with writer and a comedian Amy Silverberg for @thecreativeindependent.com thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Writer and comedian Amy Silverberg on how to take the pressure off the process – The Creative Independent
Writer and comedian Amy Silverberg discusses setting small goals, managing more than one creative profession, and the value of endurance when projects take time
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January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Check out my conversation with writer and a comedian Amy Silverberg for @thecreativeindependent.com thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
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Two Brevity essays have been listed among the "Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024" in The Best American Essays 2025. Enthusiastic congratulations to @dianaruzova.bsky.social ["The Sauna"] and @dianezinna.bsky.social ["Astonish"]. Links below.
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Two Brevity essays have been listed among the "Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024" in The Best American Essays 2025. Enthusiastic congratulations to @dianaruzova.bsky.social ["The Sauna"] and @dianezinna.bsky.social ["Astonish"]. Links below.
Check out my latest conversation for @thecreativeindependent.com with artist David Hendren. ✨ thecreativeindependent.com/people/visua...
Visual artist David Hendren on building community as an introvert – The Creative Independent
Visual artist David Hendren discusses dealing with rejection, sustaining an art practice, and working with intention
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September 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Check out my latest conversation for @thecreativeindependent.com with artist David Hendren. ✨ thecreativeindependent.com/people/visua...
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“Cousins have our backs. They are our built-in friends. And from an evolutionary perspective, they have a biological stake in our survival.” The next Friendship Week story is by @dianaruzova.bsky.social and all about how cousins can be the earliest friends for some immigrant families.
First Friends, Once Removed
In immigrant families, sometimes your cousins can be your earliest friends.
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August 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Cousins have our backs. They are our built-in friends. And from an evolutionary perspective, they have a biological stake in our survival.” The next Friendship Week story is by @dianaruzova.bsky.social and all about how cousins can be the earliest friends for some immigrant families.
LOVE our conversation for @thecreativeindependent.com @aidenarata.bsky.social thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Writer and artist Aiden Arata on dealing with dread – The Creative Independent
Writer and artist Aiden Arata discusses the magic of relatability, refuting the tortured artist trope, and not writing every day.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
LOVE our conversation for @thecreativeindependent.com @aidenarata.bsky.social thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Really enjoyed my conversation with writer Boris Fishman for @thecreativeindependent.com thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Writer Boris Fishman on balancing passion and practicality – The Creative Independent
Writer Boris Fishman discusses growing up as an immigrant, artistic rituals, and keeping one foot on the ground
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July 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Really enjoyed my conversation with writer Boris Fishman for @thecreativeindependent.com thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
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"Our cousins are our companions for all of life’s curveballs. And while sometimes, we don’t get along, like siblings, cousins share both our family secrets and genetics. They share our lives.” Story by @dianaruzova.bsky.social.
First Friends, Once Removed
In immigrant families, sometimes your cousins can be your earliest friends.
conversationalist.org
July 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Our cousins are our companions for all of life’s curveballs. And while sometimes, we don’t get along, like siblings, cousins share both our family secrets and genetics. They share our lives.” Story by @dianaruzova.bsky.social.
Check out my latest interview for @thecreativeindependent.com with the indelible author Alejandro Heredia. thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Writer Alejandro Heredia on making art in a world that profits off our time – The Creative Independent
Writer Alejandro Heredia discusses difference, community, and dedicating yourself to your calling
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June 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Check out my latest interview for @thecreativeindependent.com with the indelible author Alejandro Heredia. thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Wrote about love for the @latimes.com Huge thank you to @marquesharper.bsky.social www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
L.A. Affairs: I grew up on Disney princesses and fairy tales. Was I ready for my own happily ever after?
I felt weird talking to people about my engagement. I had never been happier, but I still housed the fear that getting married was an uncool thing to do.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wrote about love for the @latimes.com Huge thank you to @marquesharper.bsky.social www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
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"Photos act as timestamps and notes, just waiting to reveal something new or forgotten in the primary-colored Chuck E Cheese ball pit of time." ~ @dianaruzova.bsky.social (with a bonus Writing Exercise) brevity.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/p...
On Photography as a Form of Note Taking
By Diana Ruzova Growing up, my parents and I would spend long Sunday afternoons on our leather sectional looking at our family photos or watching home videos from not that long ago. Be it nos…
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April 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Photos act as timestamps and notes, just waiting to reveal something new or forgotten in the primary-colored Chuck E Cheese ball pit of time." ~ @dianaruzova.bsky.social (with a bonus Writing Exercise) brevity.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/p...
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"I feel like making art has been simultaneously undervalued and yet cordoned off as a luxury activity."
lots to think about in @dianaruzova.bsky.social's excellent interview with @rosiebrand.bsky.social in @thecreativeindependent.com today!
thecreativeindependent.com/people/artis...
lots to think about in @dianaruzova.bsky.social's excellent interview with @rosiebrand.bsky.social in @thecreativeindependent.com today!
thecreativeindependent.com/people/artis...
April 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"I feel like making art has been simultaneously undervalued and yet cordoned off as a luxury activity."
lots to think about in @dianaruzova.bsky.social's excellent interview with @rosiebrand.bsky.social in @thecreativeindependent.com today!
thecreativeindependent.com/people/artis...
lots to think about in @dianaruzova.bsky.social's excellent interview with @rosiebrand.bsky.social in @thecreativeindependent.com today!
thecreativeindependent.com/people/artis...
Really enjoyed talking to @rosiebrand.bsky.social for @thecreativeindependent.com thecreativeindependent.com/people/artis...
Artist and Naturalist Rosie Brand on choosing to collaborate instead of compete – The Creative Independent
Artist and Naturalist Rosie Brand discusses the connectedness of art and nature, the struggle of the hustle, and the inspiration of community
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April 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Really enjoyed talking to @rosiebrand.bsky.social for @thecreativeindependent.com thecreativeindependent.com/people/artis...
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“While sometimes, we don’t get along, like siblings, cousins share both our family secrets and genetics. They share our lives.” In our latest, @dianaruzova.bsky.social writes about how in some immigrant families, cousins can be your earliest (and best) friends.
First Friends, Once Removed
In immigrant families, sometimes your cousins can be your earliest friends.
conversationalist.org
April 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“While sometimes, we don’t get along, like siblings, cousins share both our family secrets and genetics. They share our lives.” In our latest, @dianaruzova.bsky.social writes about how in some immigrant families, cousins can be your earliest (and best) friends.
I wrote about cousins for @conversationalist.org! conversationalist.org/2025/04/04/f...
First Friends, Once Removed
In immigrant families, sometimes your cousins can be your earliest friends.
conversationalist.org
April 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I wrote about cousins for @conversationalist.org! conversationalist.org/2025/04/04/f...