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Reconnecting to the spirit of play is easier than you think
The habits and mindsets that helped me fall back in love with my work If you’ve been here a minute, you know I’ve been writing every day (or at least every weekday) for over a decade, and spent years coaching other writers. That means I’ve seen and experienced the highs and lows of writing life…
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My Georgia Writers' talk: Food Writing from a Place of Abundance
Crafting a Unique Writing Practice Rooted in Reality and Possibility In April, I had the honor of speaking at the Georgia Writers’ Association’s Red Clay Conference. The experience brought me joy in quite a few ways, but one of them was the opportunity to talk about how my food writing experience has helped me cultivate…
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A traveling writing ritual
Maintaining consistency and pleasure in your practice on the road This weekend, I’m headed to my artist’s residency at Wildacres in North Carolina, where I get to listen to the emergence of cicadas in full form, watch fireflies, work on my next book, but mostly, have time to devote to big dreams and to think…
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Bloom
Treating writing as a pleasure practice is a revolutionary act (plus some real-life practices you can start using today) If you’re looking for tips to start building more joy into your writing time, starting today, read/scroll to the bottom of this post. If you want to work with me more closely, please join me for…
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Setting Boundaries is a Pleasure
And an invitation to work together to start (or finish) your next book this summer Boundaries are one of the core practices you’ll learn with me this summer in Bloom: A group especially or folks looking to start, or finish a book or other big project this summer. More info at the end of this…
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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…
Roots and Branches 