Life as a Writer
The transition back to writing for an audience (after months of deep journaling)
I’m ready to start writing for an audience again (aka YOU) after taking exactly four and a half months off since writing anything for public consumption (not that I’ve been counting). It’s not that I wasn’t writing. Over the never-ending, snowy winter of 2023, I wrote pages and pages and filled journal after journal with any and…
Read MoreMy Journey to Becoming a Book Coach
I’m sharing this book coaching journey for several reasons: Owning what we’re doing, naming it, and sharing it, gives it power. My first blog post ever, over ten years ago was called “OMG, I’m Writing a Novel.” It was a powerful post for me to share my voice and my dreams, to claim that not…
Read MoreWriting Talent IS a Thing
Last week while scrolling Instagram, a post popped up that declared, “Reminder that ‘writing talent’ is not a thing. Writing is a skill. It’s a muscle. You get better by writing more and more and reading a ton.” My initial, gut response was total disagreement. Then, I saw that the post had over a thousand…
Read MoreThe silence is NOT so golden (and a few other things I’m learning)
This quarantine has filled life with a level of solitude that has felt at times terrifying and lonely and also at times felt welcome and peaceful. Mostly, I’ve been surprised to discover that, despite the peace, I’m fighting it tooth and nail. Silence and solitude allow for introspection, time to connect with myself, and while I…
Read MoreWhat is gratitude?
November is the month of gratitude in the US. We are to live this month with “an attitude of gratitude” and be thankful for…everything? A quick internet search of “gratitude quotes” came up with hundreds of them. Everyone from the ancient Greek philosopher, Epictetus, to Ralph Waldo Emerson to Willy Nelson apparently has had something profound…
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