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Thick Skin, Tender Heart
Dear Lisa, Last week I received the revision letter for a novel that will be published in 2016. The notes are far more extensive than I expected. As I scrolled through initially I panicked. It seemed too much to absorb, … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, creativity, critique, Day by day, depression, Drafts, editors, Energy, fiction, Play, Process, Publishing, research, Revision, Starting a new work, Story, The Muse, Uncategorized, what artists need
Tagged character, dread, giving up, Jigsaw puzzle, life of a writer, not writing, priorities, research, Starting a new work, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, working
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Stillness and Productivity
Dear Karen, I have just returned to my home after three weeks of exile. By exile I mean that Ben and I had to move out while our floors were jack-hammered and the drains replaced. It was a long hard … Continue reading
Pressure
Dear Karen, On Friday I sat with a group of women in my studio and we wrote about being artists. Beforehand I read a short piece about uncertainty from the book Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland. … Continue reading
Posted in Book tour, creativity, Day by day, Drafts, Process, Publishing, Self-worth, spaciousness, Starting a new work, The Writer's Life
Tagged art and profits, character, creative life, life of a writer, literary world, priorities, promotion, self-worth, Starting a new work, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson
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Puzzles
Dear Karen, I envy you being in the midst of writing a novel. I miss the puzzle of writing, the way my mind goes blank on everything else as I try to figure out the missing pieces. Maybe I need … Continue reading
Showing Up Whole
Dear Karen, A few nights ago I dreamed about my book launch party and reading. It is coming up this week on Thursday. Then on Saturday I have another event in a different city, a radio interview on Monday, a … Continue reading
Posted in Book tour, Gratitude, Self-worth, The Writer's Life
Tagged dreams, love, promotion, public, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, vulnerability, wholeness
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Clutter
Dear Nancy: Once again, I’ve been on the road with writer’s conference teaching—this one with friends like family and the mountains around me with their embrace of the past, the stirring up of my psyche. So this letter comes late. … Continue reading
Research
Dear Karen, I have heard that when a woman is about to go into labor it is not uncommon for her to clean the house. This is what I have been doing lately, although what I am pregnant with is … Continue reading
Imagination
Dear Karen, I hear you are at the ocean this week, and that you plan to send me some seashells. Nothing would please me more, except being there with you. When I fist began imagining my writing life I was … Continue reading
Blog Hop
David Halperin, author of JOURNAL OF A UFO INVESTIGATOR, tagged me for this blog hop. http://www.davidhalperin.net/the-color-of-electrum-ezekiel-visits-the-60s/. My Next Big Thing: 1) What is the working title of your book or project? The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson 2) Where … Continue reading
