Releasing Balloons and Swallowing Stars | Control Vs. Writing

Releasing Balloons and Swallowing Stars | Control Vs. Writing

Get out and exercise (practice!) your self-expression, let go of control and swallow some stars. You might just wake with a belly full of dreams and ideas.

The Power of Daily Writing: 2000 Days of Morning Pages Practice

The Power of Daily Writing: 2000 Days of Morning Pages Practice

My passion is writing, and my daily writing routine has been instrumental in drawing me forward. If your passion is also writing, my 2000 days of morning pages show that a daily writing habit doesn’t just fill notebooks, it builds a creative life.

Covid Writer’s Brain

Covid Writer’s Brain

Covid writer’s brain. I know this territory, lived here for years. When I sit down to work (not to write), my focus is fire. I can write emails, code, work spreadsheets for hours without needing to crack my knuckles. Clear-eyed, awake, efficient. But I open my notebook and face the page, and I glaze over. My eyes blur, my pulse slows, my mind drifts into resistance. 

The Truth in Fiction: Why Made-Up Stories Speak to Our Souls

The Truth in Fiction: Why Made-Up Stories Speak to Our Souls

Lessons for me… and for my characters

Lessons for me… and for my characters

I started using the readings as springboards for stories and poems, and for the persistent main character of my current novel in progress.

Writing as a Leap of Faith

Writing as a Leap of Faith

With a breath, a deep leap of faith, I took a writing plunge with a handful of friends.