{"id":558,"date":"2018-10-03T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=558"},"modified":"2018-10-03T06:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T06:03:22","slug":"your-emg-stories-maria-j-william","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Your EMG Stories: Maria J. William"},"content":{"rendered":"

We continue celebrating 25 years in business with today’s entry in our EMG Story series. Wondering what we’re doing? Start here<\/a> with our introduction.<\/p>\n

Now, we’re turning the mic over to Maria J. William as she tells us her EMG Story:<\/p>\n

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“Sanguine” by Maria J. William, $40<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I first met Ellen on Elfwood in the late 1990s – that long-ago era of
\nLiveJournal, e-zines, message boards, and chatrooms. Back then I still had a full time job, and art was just a hobby for me. I gradually evolved towards deciding to make a career out of it after conversations with fellow Elfwoodians, and being inspired by their work. Ellen was one of those people. All the advice and encouragement I got made my transition from a 9-to-5 hobbyist to a full time artist and mom in later on so much easier.<\/p>\n

Some of my work was introduced in the Gallery section of\u00a0EMG<\/span>-zine
\nthroughout the early 2000s, but\u00a0EMG<\/span>\u00a0really became a big part of my life
\nwhen I joined Sketchfest in February 2016, after many invitations from
\nartist friends. I’ve been a steady contributor ever since, and have only
\nmissed two. I’m not a natural sketcher; I’ve tried keeping a sketchbook,
\nand failed miserably. Being a part of Sketchfest not only pushes me to
\nsketch regularly, which I believe is an important part of being an artist,
\nbut gives me an opportunity to promote my work and try new things. And it
\nreally gets my creativity going.<\/p>\n

The fact that Ellen appreciates my work and actually owns some of it
\nreally means a lot to me. Her creativity, energy, and drive inspire me a
\ngreat deal.”<\/p>\n

You inspire us as well, Maria! Thank you so much for walking with us on this journey.<\/p>\n

Would you like to share your EMG Story with us and perhaps see it featured on our blog? Email Deborah\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We continue celebrating 25 years in business with today’s entry in our EMG Story series. Wondering what we’re doing? Start here with our introduction. Now, we’re turning the mic over to Maria J. William as she tells us her EMG Story: “I first met Ellen on Elfwood in the late 1990s – that long-ago era … Continue reading “Your EMG Stories: Maria J. William”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-your-emg-story","tag-maria-j-william"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}