Roots and Branches

the theory and practice of living a creative life.

Roots + Branches

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  • Working with the elements to support your writing practice: Water

    Simple practices to root your writing into the wisdom of nature Water is connected with our deep depths and our biggest emotions: Like air, it’s constantly moving and shifting, and asks us to connect into its energy as it exists in a given moment, rather than assuming it will stay the same over time. Working…

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  • You're already the writer you dream of being

    How I handle big meetings with editors (or anyone else), rooted in practicality and possibility During a recent meeting, one of my clients asked how to prepare for navigating new-to-them writing spaces that feel scary: Think pitch meetings with presses they’re courting to publish your next book, meeting with a possible agent, presenting to a…

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  • On Practice

    The Liberatory Pleasure of Consistency

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  • Working with the elements to support your writing practice: Air

    Simple practices to root your writing into the wisdom of nature Air is everywhere, and forever on the move, always shifting and changing. I see the element of air as a permission slip to rest and play and let attention wander. The wind has no specific agenda, though it moves in a direction. It doesn’t…

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  • Writing as breath work and movement

    Creating a sacred space for your words to exist within If you want to experience the power and pleasure of a consistent writing practice that fills you up and brings you joy, join me in Symbiosis: A 6-month program that will shape your creativity for the rest of your life. We orient ourselves towards expansion,…

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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…

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  • Despairing about the state of the world may feel rational, but these are irrational times Everyone I’ve been talking to lately is moving through a sort of oscillation, wavering between intense hopelessness and sadness (personally or collectively) and a deep, unflappable knowing that everything is going to be ok. It’s a jarring feeling, particularly if…

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