#19: Dana Jeri Maier

Someone You Might Like if You're a Fellow Process Junkie

Dana Jeri Maier

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Skipping to the Fun Parts

Earlier this year I received a mysterious, colourful box full of creative paraphernalia amid a book named “Skip To The Fun Parts” — Cartoons and Complaints about the Creative Process.

I can’t tell you how welcome it was: I was knee deep in my latest book and was hitting a creative rut around page 56 of 110…. I liked that Dana didn’t offer solutions, necessarily, but complaints. It was nice to read that I wasn’t the only one in the throes of madness.

All about art supplies

Dana has a similar curiosity about the elusive nature of the creative process... and the tools we use therein! If you, like me, are a Process Junkie, you’ll very much appreciate Dana’s delving into every aspect of this crazy thing we do.

I got to have lunch with Dana this past month when she was in New York for the New Yorker Festival. I got her to sign my book, and picked her brains about her background and the process she is using for her work. I think you’ll really like her!

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Skipping to the Fun Parts