I wrote this years ago—just a few months after my divorce was final, right as I was letting go of the last remnants of my old life. I never intended to share it. I forgot it about, in fact, and stumbled across it the other day. But I wanted to share it with you today …
What You Need to Know Before You Push Through the Pain Read More »
I started going to yoga about six weeks before everything fell apart. The work-out “thing” had been a back-and-forth fight between us for a long time. As in, I wanted to do it, and he felt it was a waste of money and time. I fought and fought him on this point (as I had …
Getting strong enough to leave (more love, less fear, more of what you want in life) Read More »
In the past 10 years working with writers and creatives, the number one complaint I hear over and over and over again is something like this: I’m stuck. When I ask people if they’re stuck in their writing or in their life, they think for a minute and the answer is usually both. I’m never …
Why Most People Are Missing Their Creative Genius (and How To Find It) Read More »
I don’t know about you, but my life has not gone the way I thought it would go. If it had, I’m not sure exactly where I’d be, but it would not be here—in Nashville, TN—at the coffee shop where I spend most of my mornings typing away on my computer and running a small …
13 Lessons From a Life That Did Not Go As Planned Read More »
Like all of you, I’m reeling this morning with the news of what happened in Charlottesville over the weekend. I’m grieving for the individuals and families affected. I’m grieving for our Nation. I’m grieving for myself—for that part of myself that has held back, kept quiet, been “careful” with words, who was scared to say …
When There is Violence, Hatred, and Evil in The World—Now is the Time to Write Read More »
I got an email from a woman recently who wanted to know how to know when it’s time to let go. Of that job. That relationship. That friendship. That person. That old resentment. My first response was to wonder why she would ask me a question like this when I feel the least qualified to …
One of the very first things I do when I work with authors on their books is to have them imagine one specific reader. One familiar-faced, I-know-you-in-real-life kind of reader. Not a “compilation-of-some-people-you-know” kind of reader. Not an “imaginary-made-up-for-marketing-purposes-ideal-reader” kind of reader. One person who’s face you can picture and who’s name you know and …
When I started writing my latest manuscript, I promised myself I was going to tell the truth. I was going to use my voice, speak up for myself, talk about the things I had kept secret for so long, and finally finally be free to say what was on my mind. I was done hiding. …
The Benefit of Using Your Voice, No Matter What It Costs Read More »
Did you know creative writing is one of the most powerful tools we have to create change in our lives? There are a lot of creative tools we can use if we’re feeling down, lost, anxious, depressed, or any of these other common daily moods that plague our life. But creative writing has been proven …
10 Reasons to Write Your Story, Even If Nobody Reads It Read More »
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about love lately, for a variety of reasons. First of all, it’s that time of year, the time of year when our culture begins to talk about love in a way that I think is mostly unhelpful for most people, in a way that often points us away from …
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