{"author":"Sandra Sealy","author_id":"Sandra+Sealy","total_quotes":2,"quotes":[{"text":"Thankfully existing only in SMALL pockets within our discipline, is “intellectual” snobbery. It’s a hushed but ugly truth that people are made to feel not worthy to be among a certain set – didn’t attend the right school or don’t have the requisite abbreviations to follow their name. I know what that feels like. Good thing I'm pigheaded, have a bigger vision and committed to my craft, or I would’ve succumbed to it long ago. That is why when I meet an emerging writer who’s serious about developing their craft, I try to encourage them as much as I can. I say IGNORE the highbrow cliques and prove your mettle by growing, accepting balanced feedback and most of all, creating work that will stand the test of time. Period.","author":"Sandra Sealy","tags":["courage","inspirational","naysayers","writing","writing-advice","writing-life"],"id":37862,"author_id":"Sandra+Sealy"},{"text":"Discovering Distilled Creativity'Amazing how sitting down to listen with no distractions - no tv, no devices, no radio - can enhance your life; the sigh of the wind the only ambient noise. Then, in that still moment, your distilled creativity comes because you feel so connected to the Universe.","author":"Sandra Sealy","tags":["art","creativity","inspirational","nature","writing","writing-life"],"id":213882,"author_id":"Sandra+Sealy"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}