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Three Steps to Find Your Voice
Have you ever scrambled around trying to find your glasses, only to realize twenty minutes later they were perched on your head the whole time?
You Don’t Have To Blow Their Minds
“I have written 11 books but each time I think ‘Uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re
Seven Books I’m Loving Lately
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be
Curious and Positive: Taking the Pressure Off Your Future
Do you ever feel like your arms are being stretched in two directions, caught in a tug of war between worlds? Like you used to
Your Art Is Not Meant For Everybody
Your art is not meant for everybody. Some people just aren’t going to like it. And the sooner you can accept this + embody this
Back to Our Roots
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” ~ Edgar Degas My very first blog post was the best
Start Before You Know Your Target Market
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the
Listen To Your Impulses
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” ~Sylvia Plath Epiphanies. Insights.
Taking Our Talents Seriously
“What begins as something like a dream will in fact stay a dream forever unless you have the tools and the discipline to bring it
Robot Coconut Trees: A Creative Timeline of My First Book
Every creative project has a backstory, a truth behind the curtain, a core reality that deviates from the flashy final product we see at the
Let It Be
Let it be easy. Let it happen slower than you wanted, let it frustrate you, let the existential realizations hit you in the produce
My Liebster Award and Shining the Light on Others
Rachel Stolzman (an amazing writer at rachelstolzman.wordpress.com and author of The Sign for Drowning) nominated my blog for a “Liebster Award.” I didn’t even know
A Prayer for Writers
By Kelsey Horton May you remember that there is no perfect word — just like there is no perfect boyfriend, no perfect eyelash, no
For Writers Who Don’t Know What to Write About
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Andy Warhol My blog has been frozen in
Don’t Think: When Writer’s Block Meets Self Doubt
I have dozens of half-written blog posts that linger on my computer, posts on beautiful topics like post-graduation devastation, the insecurities that emerge in our
So You Feel Called to Write: A Compassionate Creative Manifesto
“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.” – Mary Oliver I have spent
Empowered Creativity
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The
Help Me Write a Memoir!
Hello beloveds, I have severely neglected my posting on my blog — however, I have several half-written posts that I am looking to beef
Because We Love It
“I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was given the time
On Writing
“When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” – Kurt Vonnegut On my daily and nightly
When You’re Holding onto Me
“Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can’t see the tiny outstretched