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