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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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