Roots and Branches

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Roots + Branches

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  • Roots and Branches

    Writing tips and inspiration from a fellow author As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve started sharing some thoughts on writing as process and practice in recent months. For various reasons, I’ve decided to shift that writing conversation into a sub-section of my newsletter that people can subscribe to separately (though I hope you’ll subscribe to both!)…

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  • Roots and Branches

    Finding the magic in a regular writing practice Welcome to Roots and Branches, the new/old version of my newsletter where I talk, in part, about learning to value process as much as product. And how focusing on process, and specifically on a joyful, sustainable, peaceful writing process that’s a refuge from the stresses of daily…

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  • Coming soon

    This is Roots & Branches (for writers + creatives).

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  • Hello friends! As some of you know, next month Symbiosis starts: it’s 9 months of creative expansion, grounding, energy work and intuition. It’s like a coaching program, MFA, artist’s residency, energy work space, science lab, and mystery school all rolled into one. Each month, we engage in expansion activities, grounding, practical nuts-and-bolts creative coaching, and…

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  • It’s wild out there. For those of you know who me personally or have followed my work closely for a while, you know it’s wild in my own world too: A time of transition for myself, alongside pretty much everyone else on the planet, alongside all our systems and structures we’re used to (for better…

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  • Digital collage, Julia Skinner, 2025 (scroll down for why I chose Mugwort) A decade or so ago, I used to write about things you learn in dreams. Inspired by Gary Burnett, one of my professors and dissertation committee members, who regularly wrote Facebook posts sharing the wild and wonderful lessons from his own dreamscape (and…

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