A newsletter for curious, world-changing creatives ready to expand their creative ecosystems and make their dreams come true.
Posts
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Reading List: Abundance and Celebration
A month of new beginnings If you, like me, are a very seasonally-driven person, here’s a way to support your creative practice throughout the year: Structure your new writing habits with the seasons. For me, that looks a couple ways: I treat the lengthening and shortening of days the way I might treat the waxing…
-
As a writer, I recognize the power of my words to move and inform readers around a given subject. Why, then, did it take me so many years to embrace the fact that when I write my intentions for the future, that this, too, is a source of power? Through writing my desires, I focus…
-
Lately, in client work and in my own practice, I’ve been really emphasizing small daily actions done in tandem with larger, deeper work. Like a river cutting through a landscape (or one of those old Roman roads that’s several feet lower than the ground around it), those small actions gradually reshape things, until you eventually…
-
Practices to meet and hold this moment Lately, I’ve been focusing on simple, practical actions. I love deep, extended dives into my own inner world and how I work, but sometimes you just need a quick, simple practice that you can try then move on with your day. in the Mycelia Writers’ Coven and in…
Roots and Branches 