Rumi. Toni Morrison’s A Mercy. Claire Cook’s Must Love Dogs. Okay, so my reading list is eccentric…or is that erratic? (I meant eclectic…) On a whim, a few weeks ago, I checked out what else Claire Cook has written and I downloaded Must Love Dogs: New Leash on Life and Never Too Late: Your Roadmap to Reinvention. Then I followed her advice and visited […]
3 Ways Writers Can Stay Creative and Protect Their Mental Health. I enjoyed this post from Lauren Sapala’s blog and thought you might, too. One of the ways, of course: KEEP A JOURNAL.
When I attended the Stringtown reading a few weeks ago, I exchanged books with two other poets. A few days later, poet Koon Woon asked if I would like to see a review of my book in the on-line journal Five Willows. I am very, very pleased to share it with you. (Click on the […]
At last night’s workshop, Shawna and her students didn’t need to talk about resistance. They brought notebooks and pens! They also brought up some additional important points about keeping a journal, and they jogged my mind to come up with a couple others. Don’t worry about spelling, grammar, or penmanship. Just write. Writing in a […]