Category: writing
How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.
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I love noticing connections across disparate patches of life: how dance infuses writing and gardening infuses art and art infuses dance. I’m still processing the many workshops at last weekend’s writing conference, reviewing my notes, and appreciating the session titled “Refilling Your Creative Well,” led by graphic novelist/writing coach James Persichetti. He took an old…
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I expect everyone has their favorite Jimmy Buffett song, and there are so many lively ones to choose from. I bonded most with the entire album “Son of a Son of a Sailor.” because of its mix of lively and melancholy lyrics. I wasn’t thinking of the master of Margaritaville when I wanted music to…
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Pondering two and a half days at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, I’m appreciating how the inner scaffolding of a story impacts the enjoyment and resonance for readers. Perhaps it came home to me most in Callie Stoker’s presentation titled “Allegory in Your Subtext.” She chose the film “Jurassic Park” to illustrate what she means…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 