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.
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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.
Welcoming In Autumn
The autumn equinox has come and gone, leaving behind a balance of dark and light hours. As we gradually transition into earlier nights and embrace the changes that autumn brings, it offers thoughts and reflections. Autumn is a time to reset and even renew intentions. I anticipate continuing our writing journey and uniting women withinContinue reading “Welcoming In Autumn”
Energy and Positivity Along the Writer’s Way
“I have no energy.” She pondered the possibility that boredom and a lack of purpose in her life contributed to her malaise.
Harvest of Stories: An Anthology Celebrating Love and Community
This week I sent out a reminder that our anthology is on track with a dozen writers saying they want to contribute to a book centered around the theme of love. The love of an animal, nature, a landscape, a parent, a child, a lover, or even love of oneself, this universal theme offers aContinue reading “Harvest of Stories: An Anthology Celebrating Love and Community”
In an Aging and Difficult World, How to Find Focus?
The body is fragile, and the mind is taxed to remember details, storylines, and even the simplest things that once came to mind without effort.
