Sitemap - 2023 - Write More, Be Less Careful
🎉you're invited!🎉 two zoom parties to kick start your writing life in 2024
"the naughty list just grows and grows"
how Millions of Suns authors Sharon Fagan McDermott and M. C. Benner Dixon seek inspiration
"If not now, when? This is your time."
how journalist and The Heart Dialogues creator Leigh Kamping-Carder rebuilt her creative practice
"though my writing time decreased, my imagination bloomed"
the first-ever, possibly annual good creatures gift guide
how Holy American Burnout! author Sean Enfield moves between poetry and prose
"my own self-care is vital to my creativity"
you already have everything you need
"you will find your way, because the pull of your creative work will continue to be there"
let's chat: how do you pep yourself up?
where do you find pleasure in writing?
"caregiving has given me a stronger belief in my creative capabilities"
how novelist Carolyn Prusa finds the humor and the heart in her characters' difficult marriage
"I think the creative brain and the caring brain are essentially the same"
let's chat: bad moms and art monsters, or what are you reading?
"creativity happens not just alongside but within the duties of motherhood"
it's a 🎉planning party🎉 and you're invited! Sunday, August 27, 3-4pm eastern on zoom
"caring for yourself as a caregiver is a necessary and hard job in today’s world"
how Wolfish author Erica Berry approaches research as "a deeply omnivorous act"
"understand that there will be setbacks but also gifts"
the recovery is as important as the work
thread: what are you working on? (plus a fun giveaway!)
You might never cast off your darknesses.
"any act of making, no matter how small, is valuable and meaningful"
how sculptor Ruth Shafer transforms feelings into art
a poem wants to be built out of things
are you a super genius or a trash raccoon?
no one's going to give you permission
what does your ambition feel like?
what a mom wants, what a mom needs
I refuse to be intimidated by time
good news about the Very Big Thing
some notes on running away from home
discussion thread: how do you leave the door open?