Are you unable to write?
Don’t worry if you fear you've lost motivation. I don't know who said it, but "writing is like a disease. It may go into remission, but it never leaves you." This sounds … Continue reading >>
Dreams:
A few weeks ago I blogged about finding a blue notebook that I'd kept when I taught journaling at a women's shelter over twenty years ago. I wrote along with the women during writing … Continue reading >>
Give it to me straight:
A writer on Twitter/X asked: "What do you understand by the term 'literary fiction' in three words or fewer." Among the comments, I read:
Ouch! That's a whole lotta … Continue reading >>
A journaling exercise
When cleaning a deep, dark and very dusty closet recently, I found a little blue notebook that I wrote in when my friend Rebecca Vlasic and I conducted journaling workshops at … Continue reading >>
Astro-eclipse-ology
A Found Poem
Because the North Noderepresents the energywe, as a collective, are moving towardand creating more space for,this eclipse may feellike a forceful shovein the … Continue reading >>
Need a reason to smile after dealing with rejection letters, frustrating revisions or lousy book reviews? We’ve all been there!
I don’t know if I’d actually send such a letter, but I … Continue reading >>