Big news from The 100 Day Project!!

a BOOK!

Hello, friends—

I have the most exciting news: I’m writing a book!

The idea for this book has been living in the back of my mind, in my journals, and in the notes app on my phone for many years. I started working on it more seriously at the beginning of last year—interviewing artists from this community and looking for the patterns that would help me form the structure.

In the fall, I wrote a first draft of the proposal, signed with an agent, and spent the holidays revising. Last month, several publishers made offers—I would have been lucky to land with any of them, but I feel especially grateful to be working with a wonderful editor at Andrews McMeel, “where creativity and connection meet,” which feels apt for us, no?

The book is called MAKE MORE ART: 100 WAYS IN 100 DAYS. My hope is that it supports people who want to do the project—on their own or with friends—at any time. It’s also a celebration of this community, and will feature as many of your stories and your art as we can possibly fit.

I’ve learned that no matter how many times I say the rules are made up, it’s more helpful to see how someone else actually made up their own. There’s something about a real story that makes it feel possible.

I’ll be continuing to do interviews for many months to come, and I’d love to hear from you.

The book follows the arc of a project—from the first spark, to the oh-god-why-did-I-sign-up-for-this middle, to what comes after. In other words: I don’t just want to hear what went right. It’s important to me to feature a wide range of experiences—across mediums, identities, geographies, and ways of making. When a reader sees themselves in your story, it gives them the permission to start and the encouragement to keep going.

Did you almost quit on Day 42, but find a way to keep going? Or get to Day 67 and think, this is complete—that was all this project needed from me? Or make it all the way to 100 for the first time?

Here are a few of the kinds of stories I’m looking for (though this just scratches the surface):

• Trying something new, different, or unexpected
• Changing your relationship to discipline, or building trust in yourself
• Making sense of your work (or your life) through doing the project
• Noticing patterns over time that revealed something important
• Aha moments that opened something up for you
• Collaborating—with friends, family, or strangers
• Finding connection through sharing your work
• Moving through the hard parts—or choosing to stop or change course
• Doing something interesting with your project after Day 100

If you had a meaningful experience, in any way, I’d love to hear about it.

**Important note: These don’t need to be polished—this is simply a way for me to find stories and people I may want to follow up with. I’ll always check with you before sharing your name or story.

Thank you to everyone who has already shared their story with me. Getting to know you and hear about your experiences has been the best part of this process. People are always the best part of anything. This project exists because year after year, so many of you show up—despite everything else going on in your busy and full lives—to make and share your art.

I don’t know how to describe both how surreal it feels to reach a long-wanted moment but also how real and tangible it already feels. Can you see the book? I can see it. Join me in imagining it on the shelves at your favorite bookstore or your local library…in 2028! ✨

XO,
Lindsay