Zarate Creations

The Challenges we choose to take part in help us to maintain our craft, develop as creatives and establish connections with others who share our passions. These are two challenges I’ve taken part in over the years. NaNoWriMo and InkTober

We make good and bad choices in life.  When your health becomes one of the wrong choices, change is your only option.  This episode is about my weight gain over the years and the reason I finally took it seriously, going on the Keto diet.

We've all begun the journey to learning new technology.  This is my recollection of how I first started using computers and what inspired me to seek technology in my creative works.

This post is on purchases I have made or products I enjoy. The subject is on Text to Speech technology and although I did my best to utilize the tools I reference, a couple of them required purchase so I had to skip, utilizing Speechelo in their place. The sound quality is similar enough, but I still decided to go with Speechelo for my needs. Links for each are listed below: http://www.fromtexttos...

This is a recollection of how I started my passion for stories, reading and writing.  My apologies for the audio quality of this post.  I am breaking in a new app and microphone. (Yikes!)

Not to worry, dear friends. The delay in the last two episodes was not related to any major emergency like worldwide zombie apocalypse or roaming rioters chasing me with torches and pitchforks. That’s so common now, I can watch Zombieland with nostalgia of the good old days. The delays were a direct result of… reasons. (Don’t you hate those?) Regardless, this green ep is on a fave podcast I follow...

My apologies for the delay in the latest podcast.  I was fleeing infected zombies, pyromaniac rioters and murder hornets while trying to discuss pleasant memories of my dad to make this podcast.  I'm now safely in my secret bunker, stocked with toilet paper and tons of canned goods so I can ride out the Martian invasion that may come at any moment.  (Now, what is the best way to ope...

We all make life choices for different reasons.  Some choices lead us to new challenges and others lead to greater opportunities.  My decision to join the military resulted in a new path, new perspective and new purpose.

This podcast is a collaboration with fellow creatives who joined me in sharing words of encouragement: Rachel Payetta, Theresa Jacobs, Jim Keen and Christina Hamlett. www.facebook.com/intuitivewritingcoach theresajcbs.wixsite.com jimkeen.com www.authorhamlett.com

There are lots of subscription models for choosing online apps.  Some are useful and others are all hype.  Two that I prefer are Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft 365.

I took up Comic Strip creation back in college and the lessons I learned from the craft continues to influence my creative works to this day.

I have many favorite resources that I turn to when working on my creations.  Two that I have turned to on more than one occasion are on YouTube:  Scott Sigler and his series "So You Wanna Be A Writer" and Phlearn with the series "30 Days of Photoshop"  The first is great for any writer seeking publication and the tools needed to make writing a career and Phlearn is my go-to channel...

Every creative journey requires reaching out to the public, connecting in different platforms and utilizing the tools available.  These are a few I am using.

As we all find new challenges with social distancing, quarantine life and increased time alone, I concentrate on what matters most in habits and mindset.

We all have tools to aid in writing, drawing or creating in our lives.  These are the selections I make when attending to my creative pursuits.

I have bought many tools for my creative endeavors.  The Masterclass video courses for James Patterson and Neil Gaiman are among my favorites

In this post, I discuss how I took up photography and began my path with graphic design as I worked on my books over the years.

Part of being a writer is reading other writers.  This is my planned reading list for 2020.

When I chose to design my own book covers, I didn't realize how my skills as an artist would advance along with my writing.  Going back to revise my first few covers became a must as my chance to update each book gave me the opportunity to improve on my first novels.

We all have to deal with struggles and setbacks.  I've had to drop a few goals since the start of the new year while working on more projects, dealing with challenges and moving forward with my goals.

I've been writing for several years and enjoy the process.  My cover designs have gone through many changes.  This post covers my path from where I began to my current system.

I've bought many products over the years in order to follow my passions.  These two programs are among my favorite for my writing endeavors.

I have much I want to accomplish this year.  Here are my daily, weekly and monthly goals.

There are many preferences developed as we continue to develop our craft.  Here are two that I enjoy and recommend for others.

There are struggles and setbacks we all face.  This is a recollection of how I stopped following my passion only to rediscover it many years later.