“People find me because something is collapsing within or around them.” Carmen Spagnola writes. “…their relationship, self-identity, ecosystem, or something else. They find me because that’s where I am: in the collapse place, holding ground.” This is such a beautiful articulation of her gift, and what she offers the world. Carmen Spagnola’s work is a cross… [Read More]
Boost your resilience: start a rejection collection!
I have had the joy of cultivating several collections in my life: stickers, vintage suitcases, pencils, manual typewriters, rocks and crystals, single-estate chocolate bars. I still collect stamps. (It’s a tiny, lightweight art gallery!) Anything can be fun to collect, if you twist your perspective to suit. What if you started collecting rejection letters? You’ve… [Read More]
Recommended reading this month.
Have you read Caste by Isabel Wilkerson? I just put it down and I want to re-read it. I want to better understand exactly how she did it. Not only is it brilliantly argued, deeply researched and beautifully written — it’s transformative. Homeopathic, almost, in its delivery. Maybe it’s the way Wilkerson oscillates between clinical reporting… [Read More]
All my stuff is dented.
I frequently drop my water bottle. The metal is dinged, scratched, and dented. My phone has a heavy duty case for the same reason. The screen’s a little cracked but it still takes a gorgeous photo. These things are not indestructible. They’re resilient. Not because you can’t see where they’ve fallen. They’re resilient because they… [Read More]
Passion doesn’t have to be big and bombastic.
It’s just one way we describe feeling alive. And different people feel alive in different ways. Writers know this, because we cultivate observation. We practice empathy through characterization. Sometimes, because we’re paying such close attention to our stories, characters, and scenes, we might forget just how passionate we are. And… that writing makes us feel… [Read More]
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