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Holding Space for Yourself
In teaching, one of the things I try to do is hold space. In my private prompts classes, we close our eyes and take some deep breaths and get quiet, letting the workweek fall away, the effort that went into … Continue reading
Posted in class, Community; Genorosity, Comparison, Competition, creativity, critique, Day by day, depression, emotion, Energy, Gratitude, Prompts, silence, Uncategorized, what artists need, Writing exercises
Tagged comparison, competition, creative life, hierarchy, love, praise; accolades; worth; words and value, process, promotion, sacred space, self-promotion
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Living in Fear
I have been living in fear. I am afraid of my public life. I am afraid of what it might mean to be known for what I do and recognized. I am afraid of what it might mean to not … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, creativity, Day by day, Decisions, depression, emotion, Energy, fantasy, Gratitude, happiness, home, Passion, positivity; grace; light, posterity, privacy, Public appearances, Self-worth, success, Uncategorized
Tagged life of a writer, literary world, love, magic, physical world, praise; accolades; worth; words and value, priorities, process, promotion, public, renewal, self esteem, self-worth
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A Day Without Devices
On my walk this morning I found a nub of purple chalk a child had used to scribble on the pavement. I picked it up, an opportunity in my hand. What would I write? I thought hard about it, and … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, Energy, fiction, fun with what we do, Gratitude, happiness, home, Journaling, Magic, Maintenance, privacy, Process, Self-worth, spaciousness, Story, Uncategorized, voice, what artists need
Tagged character, creative life, life of a writer, love, magic, not writing, physical world, priorities, process, productivity, renewal, spaciousness, Voices, working, writing life
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Letting the Work Breathe
As soon as the contract for Persimmon Wilson was signed I started work on another novel. I knew I had just a slim window of time before the revision edits for Persy arrived in my inbox, and that once that … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, Decisions, Drafts, emotion, Energy, Exploration, fiction, Journaling, Magic, Play, Process, Publishing, Reading, research, spaciousness, Starting a new work, Starting over, Story, Uncategorized, vacation, what artists need
Tagged character, creative life, giving up, life of a writer, love, magic, priorities, process, productivity, spaciousness, Starting a new work, storytelling, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, working, writing life
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Let evening come
Dear Sonja: I also have a garden that is a tangle, not of sweet peas, but of sunflowers and black eyed Susan’s and Echinacea spilling over a bank onto the patio. As I sat out there last evening sipping … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, creativity, Day by day
Tagged creative life, dread, love, physical world, praise; accolades; worth; words and value
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Guest – Heloise Jones
Dear Nancy and Karen – It’s raining in Santa Fe this morning. A gentle falling, welcomed in the desert. Different than the thunderstorms that turn dry arroyos into swift rivers littered with balls and trash cans and natural debris, or … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, Energy, fiction, Gratitude, home, Maintenance, Motherhood, Process, spaciousness, Uncategorized, what artists need
Tagged character, creative life, life of a writer, love, magic, physical world, priorities, process, productivity, spaciousness, writing life
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Darkness and Light
Dearest Nancy: I also love laughter. Like you, humor, hilarity are the sweet underbelly of the world that keep me going. How I long to laugh. To eat those orange circus peanuts and watch silly movies and laugh so hard … 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
There is tremendous power in our lives….
Dear Nancy: Your letter came at a really good time in my week. I’ve been low with an ongoing ear and throat bug, with lots of time to drift and dream and also get caught up in the what if’s … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, Decisions, Grief, happiness
Tagged creative life, love, writing life
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