Roots and Branches

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Roots + Branches

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  • My ideal reader meets my ideal work

    On finding what you most want to say, and who you want it to reach There are just two more spots left in Bloom, my 8 week writing support program to build a sustainable lifelong writing practice: And doors close soon (we start on January 24). If you’ve been waiting to join, this is your…

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  • What writer will you be in 2025?

    This is the year we claim our dreams + your last chance for 60% off It’s your last call to take 60% off all my self-study and group programs, plus intuitive guidance sessions, before the year ends: Use HOLIDAY for 60% off before 12/31. I love a good list, and late December is full of…

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  • Taking the scary edge off sending work to publishers

    Plus the last chance to join Bloom with early pricing In my last meeting of the year with a private client, we talked about how she LOVES to write: But the part where she sends the work off to publishers? Terrifying. We focused a bit on why (and we all have a ‘why’ that makes…

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  • Free class just for newsletter subscribers

    Creating a container for your creative work, plus a $1 class on boundary setting I hinted around on social media that this class was coming, and here it is, just for you: Creating a Container for your Book (or other creative project) offers the first few steps in building a sustainable writing practice. It’s a…

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  • A year of writing

    2025 is a year for fearless writers . Each year, I write my biggest goals for each month on a big piece of paper and hang it on the back of my front door. It gives me the endorphin hit of crossing things off, but also gives me a nice way to acknowledge my progress…

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  • Hello friends! As some of you know, next month Symbiosis starts: it’s 9 months of creative expansion, grounding, energy work and intuition. It’s like a coaching program, MFA, artist’s residency, energy work space, science lab, and mystery school all rolled into one. Each month, we engage in expansion activities, grounding, practical nuts-and-bolts creative coaching, and…

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  • It’s wild out there. For those of you know who me personally or have followed my work closely for a while, you know it’s wild in my own world too: A time of transition for myself, alongside pretty much everyone else on the planet, alongside all our systems and structures we’re used to (for better…

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  • Digital collage, Julia Skinner, 2025 (scroll down for why I chose Mugwort) A decade or so ago, I used to write about things you learn in dreams. Inspired by Gary Burnett, one of my professors and dissertation committee members, who regularly wrote Facebook posts sharing the wild and wonderful lessons from his own dreamscape (and…

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