Roots and Branches

the theory and practice of living a creative life.

Roots + Branches

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  • Stepping into your radical creator energy

    Becoming the kind of creative you dream of being is a spell rooted in intention and action This is a time of year when the world feels expansive, and where I feel a sense of possibility. Yes, even now. And, especially now, regularly attuning to that feeling of possibility, whether in my creative work or…

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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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  • 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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  • Building capacity

    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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