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Letter to Self
Dear Nancy, What can I tell you that, deep inside, you already know? The world is a rough place. Find the beauty. It is what will save you. The fear you feel at the publication of a new book is … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, Community; Genorosity, Day by day, Decisions, depression, emotion, Energy, Gratitude, Grief, Journaling, Magic, Pain, positivity; grace; light, privacy, Publishing, silence, Society, soul, spaciousness, spirit, Strength, survival, the world, Uncategorized, Wildness, women, work
Tagged dread, fear, giving up, grief, magic, priorities, process, promotion, public, renewal, spaciousness, support, working
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Dear Sir
Dear Sir, I love you, and now you are gone, and I didn’t tell you I love you before you disappeared. That’s because when you were here, I did not love you. In fact, you were always annoying to me, … Continue reading
Posted in Community; Genorosity, Comparison, creativity, Day by day, economics, Gratitude, Grief, positivity; grace; light, Uncategorized
Tagged character, death of stranger, grief, letter, stranger
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Obsession
My life, my mood, my days, my sleep – everything goes better when I have an obsession. Not the unhealthy kind. Not the does-he-love-me-why-doesn’t-he-call kind of obsession. Not the I-need-a-new-pocketbook-and-complete-wardrobe-overhaul kind of obsession. Not the I- need-to-pull-my-life-up-by-the-roots-and-start-all-over kind of obsession. … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, depression, Drafts, Energy, Exploration, failure, fiction, fun with what we do, Grief, Magic, Passion, Play, Process, Prompts, research, Starting a new work, Uncategorized, work
Tagged character, creative life, grief, holy pact, life of a writer, not writing, research, storytelling
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Taking it Off
Sometimes. Sometimes I want to take it all off, give it all back. The skin, the hair, the eyes, the fingernails. I want to return it. The bones, the liver, the lungs, the vagina, the clitoris. Has it really been … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, home, Prompts, soul, spirit, survival, the world, Uncategorized
Tagged dread, fear, grief, life, physical world, renewal, sensuality, souls, spirituality
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Amazon and Hatchette
Dear Karen – I feel raw and tender, like I will burst at one more piece of sad news. Upheaval. Wars. Bombs. Animals and people being tortured and hurt. Children killed. Mass murder. Rape. Suicide. Trees being cut down and … Continue reading
Life and love and making art
Dearest Nancy: First and again and again, if I haven’t said it this long summer week, thank you for writing me and telling me to take care of myself. In the midst of mother-care and father-visiting and driving back roads … Continue reading
Moving On
Dear Karen, How do you move on to a new work? What are your techniques for leaving one story behind and starting another one? I am finding it very difficult. It feels like all the things I know about writing, … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, Grief, Starting a new work
Tagged grief, health, renewal, Starting a new work
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