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Roots and Branches: writing about food from a place of abundance
Plus a recipe for calming herbal tea This is Roots + Branches, a free newsletter on the craft and joy of writing and creativity by Root creator and award-winning author Dr. Julia Skinner. I hope it supports you in your creative journey! Many writers, myself included, tend to have a predisposition towards what’s lacking. Did…
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The process is the point
Plus an invitation to join me in January in a (free!) online community for visioning and intention setting in the new year. This is Roots + Branches, a free newsletter on the craft and joy of writing and creativity by Root creator and award-winning author Julia Skinner. I hope it supports you in your creative…
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Mycelia
Finding Rest, Finding One’s Stride This is Roots + Branches, a free newsletter on the craft and joy of writing and creativity by Root creator and award-winning author Dr. Julia Skinner. I hope it supports you in your creative journey! I’ve mentioned elsewhere that I set monthly themes for my co-writing group, and after a…
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Paint one wall
The simplest shifts in our writing habits can have the greatest impact This is Roots + Branches, a free newsletter on the craft and joy of writing and creativity by Root creator and award-winning author Julia Skinner. I hope it supports you in your creative journey! For the last 8 years, I’ve needed to paint…
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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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It’ll be a busy, but generative, autumn and I hope you’ll join me. I’m offering newly reimagined creative spaces rooted in my own growth and my expanding experience working with fellow creatives in various capacities (particularly creative folks who work across multiple disciplines/subjects, come from marginalized backgrounds, and/or are neurodivergent or ADHD). I relish in…
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I’ve been thinking about desire. How desire is often conceptualized (and stigmatized) as purely sexual or a desire for things. But how desire is, at its core, a yearning for a state of being we aren’t currently experiencing. And, how desire is one avenue that allows me to drink in the beauty of the world…
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One of the aspects of my work that I’m most proud of is that I approach any project, creative or otherwise (and my own or others’), from multiple angles and with a variety of techniques. If you’ve worked with me 1:1 you’ve seen this in action in our meetings, but I also got to bring…
