Accept the Call “The mind needs to be given rest so that it can return to its work with renewed vigor.”— Seneca I will never understand why our culture rewards overworking. In yesterday’s post, I talked about how you need to give yourself permission to go away and write. In that post, I mentioned howContinue reading “Renew Your Energy: The Writer’s Guide to Rest”
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Give Yourself Permission to Write: Why a Weekend Retreat Matters
If you’re looking for permission to cancel your plans and spend the next week writing, I give you full permission. The thing about writing daily is that it feels greedy for me to set a weekend aside to write when I’m already dedicating 4 hours a night to writing. I do think I need aContinue reading “Give Yourself Permission to Write: Why a Weekend Retreat Matters”
The Balance of Solitude and Connection for Writers
Human connection is a huge part of the writing toolkit. In yesterday’s post, I talked about how you have to show up to the page when no one else is there to cheer you on. It’s to be expected that you will be writing many hours alone. But something I don’t think we talk aboutContinue reading “The Balance of Solitude and Connection for Writers”
Love and Writing
I didn’t just wake up one day and decide to be a writer. I’m not the get-rich-quick schemer that America loves to celebrate. I’m a slow cooker and an intentional learner. It’s nice to have time to think about which lessons to bring and which ones to chalk up as “just a part of life.”Continue reading “Love and Writing”
James Joyce was my Guardrail
“The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.” -James Joyce In Ulysses, James Joyce uses different types of storytelling while mirroring The Odyssey. He has a table of connections to help his readers to navigate his works and clear knew the investment wasContinue reading “James Joyce was my Guardrail”
I Want to Honor My Teachers
“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” -Friedrich Nietzsche If there’s one thing I want my writing to do, it’s to honor my teachers. Teachers come in so many forms: professors, people we hope to never be, infants and children, lovers, and nature, just to name a few. Some teachers investContinue reading “I Want to Honor My Teachers”
Valuing Your Writing
The Magic Behind Storytelling Writing is more than just telling a story. If you’re a writer, you’re a multitasker in your most natural state. You’re a visionary, communicator, researcher, and an editor—among all the other stuff we must do as humans. When we combine all these, we become something else entirely: a world of ourContinue reading “Valuing Your Writing”
Psychology and Philosophy from the Mind of a Creative
Writer’s Quest is a walk through psychology and philosophy from the mind of a creative. Bad things happen; it’s tragic, but the good news is that good things happen too, and that’s a wonderful feeling. The many folds and layers we walk through bring us closer and closer to ourselves through good and bad experiences.Continue reading “Psychology and Philosophy from the Mind of a Creative”
It’s Ok to have a Growing To Be Read Pile
My To Be Read (TBR) pile is getting a tad dusty, but that didn’t stop me from getting The Maidens written by Alex Michaelides. Yes, books are supposed to be read, but me and the rest of the reading community fully support books on the shelf that haven’t been read yet. Here’s the truth, youContinue reading “It’s Ok to have a Growing To Be Read Pile”
A Human Story
When it comes to writer’s quest, I’m not promising anything but a glimpse into the mind of a woman coming into herself. Some might say Writer’s Quest is told in a divine way, but the goal was to be my own strange and authentic self. It took a lot of work to dig this womanContinue reading “A Human Story”
