This coming Saturday, Dec. 21, marks the darkest day of 2024 (at least for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere). This time of year always feels sacred to me, the yin to the rest of the year’s yang (and especially the yin to the big “go-go-juice” that tends to mark the beginning of the new year, with … Read More
The truth is the road forward
I have always been a writer who strove to tell the truth. And yet I have been lying, to myself and to you. I have always been an editor and coach who encouraged my clients to go deep, to make themselves vulnerable, to lay their deepest truths out on the page. And yet I have been keeping things on the … Read More
Writing from the subconscious mind…
Have you ever had the experience of not quite knowing how certain elements of your own experience might fit together in story, but knowing that they DO go together, and they SHOULD? That was the experience I had in writing what would become the titular story of my short story collection (currently out on submission), “Dream Studies.” This story, based … Read More
Come see me this month!
Last month I appeared at the Writing Brave Summit, and presented a masterclass called The Heart of Story. (Thanks to all who attended!) This month, I’m appearing at the Write Anyway Summit (October 21-24) and presenting a masterclass entitled The Bones of the Thing (a nod to the spooky season, as this class will take place on Halloween). If you … Read More
