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Cheryl Reif

Cheryl lives and writes with her inspirational family, two energetic dogs, and a small mammal menagerie, all of which are fairly tame. She writes about cool science stuff for children and adults, daydreams about stories and characters 87% of the time, and tries not to plot novels while driving.

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Work Stress and Its Effects

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Earlier this year, I blogged about the link between increased stress and decreased work performance. If you haven’t read the post, do—it will make you think about how stress might be cutting into your creativity, happiness, and productivity.

After that post had been around for a bit, one of the creators of this amazing infographic …

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Fun Publishing News

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My friend and fellow writer, the fabulous Anna-Maria Crum, announced the release of her new interactive picture book Monster Numbers. It is SOOOO cute! This is an app for the iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. The program will read the story and count the monster parts—or you can record your own narration for a personal …

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10 Ways to Spark Creative Connections

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I shared yesterday that my writing coach challenged me to use the intuitive side of my mind for my first approach to problem-solving during the month of March, and how doing so has been challenging, educational, and surprisingly beneficial.

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One unexpected benefit came by what I like to call the “red car” …

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Larks, Hummingbirds, and Night Owls: When Are You Most Creative?

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Today I wanted to point you over to A Bump on a Blog, to check out my guest post on sleep schedules and creativity. Enjoy!

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Pen and Paper: More Reasons to Embrace Writing Longhand

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Writing things down, with your actual hands, is just plain better at getting you to remember and execute good ideas.

So begins “The Pen is Mightier Than the Phone: a Case for Writing Things Out” by Kevin Purdy. He goes on to list key reasons that writing things out the old-fashioned way might be your …

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