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Enjoy the Process\u2026 Even the Procrastination Phase!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The perfect companion for anyone struggling to keep their sense of humor while staring at a blank page, Skip to the Fun Parts ($16.99, May 2023) offers next-to-zero creative advice and is instead filled with cartoons, commiserations, and jokes about the creative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like you, syndicated cartoonist Dana Jeri Maier wants a creativity shortcut\u2014a magical fairy who will both come up with brilliant ideas and grant the energy and discipline to churn
them out. This book is not that magical shortcut\u2014you won\u2019t find stirring literary quotes or a foolproof system for sparking inspiration here\u2014but it does provide commiseration, comics, jokes, and reflections about the often-painful act of making something original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing on her experience as a cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications, Maier explores topics such as embracing the agony of the creative process, how the pandemic has affected creative people in different ways, and the power of channeling your inner six-year-old. While more traditional creativity guides often make readers feel judged, Skip to the Fun Parts offers amusing insights about the realities of the creative process\u2014highly entertaining for artists of all kinds and 100% advice-free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dana Jeri Maier is an artist, cartoonist, and author whose work explores the agony and joy of our modern life. Whether it\u2019s her viral cartoons for The New Yorker\u2019s \u201cShouts and
Murmurs,\u201d her syndicated cartoon series \u201cThe Worried Well,\u201d or her artwork and murals for brands like Politics and Prose, The Phillips Collection, and CHIKO, Dana knows what it means to create (and struggle to create) art. She lives in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise For Skip to the Fun Parts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cA relief and an antidote to bullshit. Maier\u2019s comics don\u2019t try to prop you up with inspirational platitudes, they sit with you and caterwaul about how being an artist feels like hell. Luckily this book also provides professional advice, such as: it can be motivating to have a nemesis, sometimes it\u2019s helpful to stare at a famous work of art and think about how ugly it is, and when in doubt, draw a bunch of weird fish.\u201d
\u2014 Lisa Hanawalt, creator of Tuca and Bertie and production designer of Bojack Horseman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart memoir and part commentary, Dana Maier\u2019s insightful, laugh-inspiring and delightfully illustrated observations are perfect for artists and non-scribblers alike.\u201d
\u2014 Nick Galifianakis, Rueben-award winning cartoonist with the Washington Post<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA funny, irreverent sendup of creative self-help and a comforting depiction of the agony and ecstasy in the creative process. I found a lot to steal!\u201d
\u2014 Austin Kleon, NYT bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI laughed through the entirety of Skip to the Fun Parts, with resonance and recognition for the hilariously enormous range of challenges a person goes through while simply putting pen to paper. But by the end, I realized my laughter had turned into tears. For the first time ever, I was reading a book about the creative process that put the emphasis on playfulness, experimentation, and enthusiasm. I realized that my spark for art had returned, because Dana Jeri Maier was giving me full permission to tap into what makes art so fun in the first place. My inner 5-year-old was rejoicing and my current blah-blah-year-old was in love with creativity again. Of all the books I\u2019ve ever read on the creative process (and I\u2019ve read every one), this is by far the most useful, for its ability to remind me why we make art in the first place. I know I will turn to it again and again whenever I need to re-ignite the spark of childlike joy that fuels creativity.\u201d
\u2014 Mari Andrew, NYT bestselling author of Am I There Yet? and My Inner Sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all know \u201chow to be creative\u201d books are bullshit. Dana Jeri Maier knows it too: instead of advice, she offers comisseration\u2014the knowing, rueful, funny kind only a fellow artist can offer. Skip to the Fun Parts isn\u2019t predicated on you waking up tomorrow as a far more disciplined, organized, motivated person than you\u2019ve ever shown any sign of becoming; it accepts that you are lazy and negligent and easily distracted. It\u2019ll make you laugh, and nod, and wince just a bit; it might even (no guarantees!) help.\u201d
\u2014 Tim Kreider, author of I Wrote This Book Because I Love You and We Learn Nothing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skip to the Fun Parts by Dana Jeri Maier | Andrews McMeel Publishing | ISBN: 978-1-5248-7161-1
Price: $16.99 ($22.99 Canada) | Paperback: 7 x 9, 128 pages | On Sale: 5\/9\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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