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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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Wounded
It is hard not to lead with our wounds. We all have them. Some are personal. Some are from childhood. Many are cultural. Every day we step out into the world and the wounds are bumped and beaten and reinforced. … Continue reading
Posted in Day by day, Decisions, emotion, Pain, silence, Uncategorized, Wounds
Tagged creative life, dread, fear, renewal, support, writing life
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The Woo At Work
Writing a novel is messy. It’s a willful entrance into the unknown. It’s uncomfortable and weird and it feels wrong a lot of the time, especially in the beginning. And then one day you notice a gathering of clouds just … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, Decisions, Energy, Exploration, Magic, positivity; grace; light, Process, spaciousness, Starting a new work, Story, The Muse, The zone, Uncategorized, Woo-Woo, work
Tagged character, creative life, life of a writer, magic, process, research, spaciousness, support, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, writing life
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Thick Skin vs. Self Knowledge
I am often asked about the ethics of memoir. Specifically, is it ethical to write about another person? Can I be sued? Should I use real names? My answers are, respectively: Yes and no, maybe, and definitely not. There. Now … Continue reading
“Art, Independence and Spirit.”
Dear Lisa, When I was a child I spent a lot of time down in the woods and beside the lake we lived near, and the creek that fed into the lake. I was often alone, and I traveled with … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, emotion, Energy, fun with what we do, Magic, Play, procrastination, Self-worth, spaciousness, Uncategorized, what artists need
Tagged art and profits, creative life, giving up, magic, not writing, priorities, process, productivity, sacred space; writing space; the writer's des, spaciousness, support, writing life
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The Inner Life of Story
Dear Karen – Your letter gave me much to chew on (no puppy-pun intended). How do we take care of the puppies and children and families we have, while also taking care of writing? In my work as a teacher … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, Energy, fiction, home, Maintenance, Motherhood, Process, Story, Uncategorized
Tagged character, giving up, life of a writer, not writing, priorities, process, productivity, support, working, writing life
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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
Elitist Construct
Dear Karen, Long before my first book was published, long before I had even written it, I struggled with finding a way to put words on paper and have them become a story. Part of my study was to read … Continue reading
Posted in Book tour, class, Comparison, depression, economics, Public appearances, Self-worth, The Writer's Life, Uncategorized
Tagged art and profits, life of a writer, literary world, promotion, public, self esteem, success, support
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