Episode 24: Choosing Your Own Creative Path with Aliza Latta

Aliza Latta is a twenty-one-year-old writer, storyteller, artist, and hand letterer. She is a huge fan of both courage and ice cream, and we like how she thinks. We chatted with Aliza about her art, where she gathers her inspiration, why she chose not to go to college, and how choosing her own creative path has helped her find her passion.

Here’s where to find Aliza:

Website: www.alizanaomi.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/alizalatta

Instagram: www.instagram.com/alizalatta

Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/choosebrave

Facebook: www.facebook.com/alizalattawriter

Here’s where to find Ashley:

Website: https://www.BrooksEditorial.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial

Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial

Here’s where to find Abbigail:

Website: https://www.InkwellsandImages.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/

Mini Book Club:

The Passion of Mary Margaret by Lisa Samson

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

Room by Emma Donoghue

Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

Wine Folly by Madeline Puckette

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Caine

Resources in this Episode:

Boomerang from Google

Inbox Pause for Gmail

Quotes from this Episode:

“It helps when you love it, because then it doesn’t feel like work.” - Aliza

On Blogging: “I don’t know what my tagline would be. We’re always growing, and I want my blog to be a representation of that.” - Aliza

“I feel like as I get better at the business side of thing, I step back and think ‘You are not doing anything creative’.” - Ashley

“It can be a hard struggle between being the responsible business-y individual and also creating things that you want to look back on.” - Abbigail

“I am a very all in person.” - Aliza

“I am really, really happy with the choices that I have made.” - Aliza

“There’s no one success metric for everyone.” - Abbigail

“I’m often trying to figure out why I feel certain things.” - Aliza

“I realized that the only reason I would accept this book deal was to say that I had a book deal…. It was this tangible thing that showed my worth. That’s not a good enough reason.” - Aliza

“If there is one thing we are learning from this conversation is that there is no balance, anywhere, in life. There is just a lot of give and take and lot of different season and you just have to go with it and do whatever is in front of you at the moment.” - Ashley

“I worked, I saved, and I went.” - Aliza

“It’s always awesome when you can find the place or the ritual where you are like 'OK, now I can be creative.' ” - Ashley