There are times when it feels like nothing will ever shift, and then, in a heartbeat, everything changes. At daybreak, the sound of birds announcing a new day woke me as pale, washed sunlight slipped quietly through the bedroom curtains. Today, I am inspired to write. Immersed in The Ninth Hour, a novel by AliceContinue reading “The Beauty of Writing: From Chaos to Calm”
Category Archives: memoir
The Courage to Write: Exposing Our Truths
As winter gives way to spring, small green shoots can be seen poking up from the hard, brown earth. Eventually, they will push their way upward, exposing themselves more and more to the elements. Writing mirrors the growth of spring shoots from hidden seeds. Our ideas and voices gradually emerge, revealing parts of ourselves toContinue reading “The Courage to Write: Exposing Our Truths”
My Mother’s Robin
Even as she grew older, she looked forward to that first robin, its flash of brilliant orange, its sweet song that meant spring had arrived.
A Wintry Mix of Memoir and Vulnerability
I have taught memoir for fifteen years, and my takeaway is always this: There is a great curiosity about where our words might lead us, coupled with the desire to learn the craft of writing.
Finding Light in Darkness: Writing and the Winter Solstice
When you embark on the writing life, you hold close a memory, that moment in time that reconnects you with who you are.
Embrace Winter Writing: Ignite Your Creativity
As we welcome December and the start of winter, it is a time to embrace hope in our writing. For many, winter can evoke feelings of dread due to the cold and darkness. However, it also brings the beauty of snowflakes on evergreen boughs. It brings the sparkle of Christmas decorations and the festivities ofContinue reading “Embrace Winter Writing: Ignite Your Creativity”
Remembering Our Mothers
Motherhood…the mystique, the boredom, the sacrifice, the contract in perpetuity, the life unexpected.
December’s Mysteries and Dreams
It’s December. There’s a mystery to the season. As Mary Oliver writes in her poem, “Mysteries, Yes”: “Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood.”
Writing the Vulnerable Memoir
Much has been written about the benefits of being vulnerable with our writing. Not only is it forging an intimate relationship with our readers, but it also allows for our own self-healing and self-awareness. Although it opens us to criticism and judgment, honesty and good writing go hand in hand.
