Author Archives: andreatancrati

What public figure do you disagree with the most? I disagree with the people who thought Van Gogh was a terrible artist and rejected his art while he was alive and painting. That wouldn’t be the definition of public figure, but the general public (I’m sure there were some public figures in there). Everyone inContinue reading “Mostly”

What is your career plan? Today I put together a query letter, PDF, and links to send to a publisher. I guess my career plan is to keep going. I’m proud of myself for getting it done. I’m grateful for my friend Anne who found a publisher that sounds like a good match and ISContinue reading “Well”

What was the last live performance you saw? I saw Lily in Mean Girls. Some people loved this movie so much they made it into a play. For middle schoolers. Perplexing.

What do you do to be involved in the community? Which community is ‘the’ community I wonder. My east coast yoga community is one I’m happily involved in. How am I involved? Well I go often. I appreciate all the different instructors and the different classes that they teach and tell them. (because I sincerelyContinue reading “Which One?”

What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? For one day and one day only, I would like to work on an organic farm. I imagine it’s A LOT of hard physical work. In the 80s before organic was a known thing I joined an organic co-op. Even the other co-opContinue reading “Organics”

What are your favorite brands and why? I have a question. Why does it matter? I noticed that someone took the opportunity to plug a popular shoe brand over and over. And over. What clever tech trick someone at that company used is more of a curiosity for me than reading about soap or toothpaste.Continue reading “I’m curious, but not about that…”

List the people you admire and look to for advice… I like to get my creative advice from late artists. Not all of them are what one might call admirable in every part of life, but when I want to learn more about doing art I look no further than some of my favorites. IContinue reading “Getting Advice”