It’s Time To Speak Up
I’m a patient person. I always have been, and I hope that I am able to retain this trait for as long as I am around. The problem...
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It’s Not About You
I spend a lot of time on the road, traveling to lectures, workshops, readings, and conferences all along the mid-Atlantic coast....
read moreSmokey Mirrors
It was only for a split nanosecond, but I finally saw it. Now I know it’s real, that cobweb strand stretching across the wide...
read moreStaying In The Light
In those few moments he comprehended everything. He was very excited, and his heart was filled with peace. He could hardly wait to...
read moreLiving In The Bubble
I’m preoccupied lately with the idea of focus and the necessity of weeding out distractions to my creative productivity. ...
read moreFind Your Groove
For me, the roller coaster never ends. One week, I feel unconquerable with my writing and photography; the next, I am wondering why I...
read moreAccidental Writing
In front of me is the list of deadlines I have put together for upcoming writing competitions and calls for submissions. A few of them...
read moreScratching for Ideas
The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no...
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I wish I would have known then what I know now. I was seventeen, maybe a month into eighteen, when I was in D.C. visiting the...
read moreThe White Room
I first picked up Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit because I loved the cover and the typography in the book. It was one of those...
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Today’s post is my final post here on Writing as a Sacred Path by Jill Jepson and focuses on “Part IV: The Warrior...
read moreA Shaman’s Sacred Tools
I have stopped trying to explain to people how difficult it is to balance a creative life and a successful career. I realize that...
read moreCreative Stillness
Constant preoccupation with the day-to-day affairs of the world sets up a giant roadblock in the way of our creativity. When we are...
read moreThe Monastic Life
I stand in the doorway of two worlds, foot poised on the threshold of immersion in a community after two months of solitude and...
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I’ve been reading Writing as a Sacred Path while sitting in a hospital room with my son, who had emergency surgery for a...
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